Azeri soldier falls in frontline shooting
An Azerbaijani soldier died after killing two
Armenian servicemen, the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry spokesman,
Eldar Sabiroghlu, has said.
According to Sabiroghlu, Orkhan Shamilov was killed following another ceasefire violation by Armenian troops close to Azerbaijan`s Fuzuli district on Sunday.
"Shamilov, who was on duty during the night, tried to retaliate. After several minutes of skirmishing, he came out of the trench and advanced toward the Armenian side while firing shots. Having killed two Armenian soldiers, he died himself," the spokesman said.
Sabiroghlu said that although the enemy managed to remove the dead bodies of their soldiers, the 20-year-old Azerbaijani soldier`s corpse remained in an area very close to Armenian armed forces. Efforts are being made to retrieve the body.
Sabiroghlu dismissed Armenian allegations that Azerbaijani special troops had attempted to move behind Armenian units on the frontline. "This is a concoction of the Armenian side," he added.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh for over a decade. The region, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, was occupied by Armenia in the early 1990s, along with seven other Azerbaijani districts, after large-scale hostilities killed some 30,000 people and forced one million Azeris from their homes. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but Armenian armed forces have repeatedly breached the ceasefire along the frontline.
According to Sabiroghlu, Orkhan Shamilov was killed following another ceasefire violation by Armenian troops close to Azerbaijan`s Fuzuli district on Sunday.
"Shamilov, who was on duty during the night, tried to retaliate. After several minutes of skirmishing, he came out of the trench and advanced toward the Armenian side while firing shots. Having killed two Armenian soldiers, he died himself," the spokesman said.
Sabiroghlu said that although the enemy managed to remove the dead bodies of their soldiers, the 20-year-old Azerbaijani soldier`s corpse remained in an area very close to Armenian armed forces. Efforts are being made to retrieve the body.
Sabiroghlu dismissed Armenian allegations that Azerbaijani special troops had attempted to move behind Armenian units on the frontline. "This is a concoction of the Armenian side," he added.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh for over a decade. The region, which is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, was occupied by Armenia in the early 1990s, along with seven other Azerbaijani districts, after large-scale hostilities killed some 30,000 people and forced one million Azeris from their homes. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but Armenian armed forces have repeatedly breached the ceasefire along the frontline.
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