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Gulf Times, Qatar
Sept 8 2012
Azerbaijani soldier shot by Armenians dies in hospital
AFP/Baku
An Azerbaijani soldier who was shot by an Armenian sniper in the
ex-Soviet state's remote Nakhchivan region in July has died in
hospital, the defence ministry in Baku said yesterday. The ministry
said the soldier, whom it named as Rabbi Jafarov, died late Friday.
`He was wounded in the head on July 13 by a sniper shot from the
Armenian side,' the ministry's statement said.
Jafarov was the 14th soldier reported to have died this year amid
firefights between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, who are locked in
a bitter unresolved conflict over the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh, where they fought a war in the 1990s. The Armenian defence
ministry has denied shooting the soldier in Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani
exclave that borders Armenia.
The announcement came amid heightened tensions between the ex-Soviet
foes sparked by Azerbaijan's pardon of a soldier who axed to death an
Armenian serviceman, which drew criticism from the US, EU, Russia and
Nato.
Ramil Safarov was pardoned, promoted and financially rewarded last
week after being extradited to Azerbaijan from Hungary, where he had
been serving a life sentence for killing the Armenian soldier during a
Nato training session in 2004.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=530003&version=1&templ ate_id=39&parent_id=21
Sept 8 2012
Azerbaijani soldier shot by Armenians dies in hospital
AFP/Baku
An Azerbaijani soldier who was shot by an Armenian sniper in the
ex-Soviet state's remote Nakhchivan region in July has died in
hospital, the defence ministry in Baku said yesterday. The ministry
said the soldier, whom it named as Rabbi Jafarov, died late Friday.
`He was wounded in the head on July 13 by a sniper shot from the
Armenian side,' the ministry's statement said.
Jafarov was the 14th soldier reported to have died this year amid
firefights between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, who are locked in
a bitter unresolved conflict over the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh, where they fought a war in the 1990s. The Armenian defence
ministry has denied shooting the soldier in Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani
exclave that borders Armenia.
The announcement came amid heightened tensions between the ex-Soviet
foes sparked by Azerbaijan's pardon of a soldier who axed to death an
Armenian serviceman, which drew criticism from the US, EU, Russia and
Nato.
Ramil Safarov was pardoned, promoted and financially rewarded last
week after being extradited to Azerbaijan from Hungary, where he had
been serving a life sentence for killing the Armenian soldier during a
Nato training session in 2004.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=530003&version=1&templ ate_id=39&parent_id=21