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AZERBAIJANIS KILL ARMENIAN SOLDIER IN KARABAKH: REPORTS
Hurriyet Daily News
June 6 2012
Turkey
Armenian soldiers vote at a polling station in Yerevan on May 6,
2012. AFP photo Azerbaijani forces killed an Armenian soldier
in clashes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region today amid an
upsurge of violence between the ex-Soviet enemies, Nagorno-Karabakh
officials said.
"An Azerbaijani reconnaissance-sabotage group attempted to penetrate
the combat positions of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army," an official
said in a statement.
"Karabakh's vanguard units noticed the enemy's offensive actions
in time and took military action, throwing the enemy back," the
statement said.
Junior Sergeant Vardan Ohanian was killed and two more Armenian
soldiers were wounded during the firefight, it said.
Eight soldiers had already been killed this week in armed clashes
on the ex-Soviet states' mutual border -- five Azerbaijanis and
three Armenians.
The worst violence for months erupted in the week that U.S. Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton visited both countries and called on them
to refrain from using force.
Hurriyet Daily News
June 6 2012
Turkey
Armenian soldiers vote at a polling station in Yerevan on May 6,
2012. AFP photo Azerbaijani forces killed an Armenian soldier
in clashes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region today amid an
upsurge of violence between the ex-Soviet enemies, Nagorno-Karabakh
officials said.
"An Azerbaijani reconnaissance-sabotage group attempted to penetrate
the combat positions of the Nagorno-Karabakh defense army," an official
said in a statement.
"Karabakh's vanguard units noticed the enemy's offensive actions
in time and took military action, throwing the enemy back," the
statement said.
Junior Sergeant Vardan Ohanian was killed and two more Armenian
soldiers were wounded during the firefight, it said.
Eight soldiers had already been killed this week in armed clashes
on the ex-Soviet states' mutual border -- five Azerbaijanis and
three Armenians.
The worst violence for months erupted in the week that U.S. Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton visited both countries and called on them
to refrain from using force.