Azerbaijani soldier dies in Sumgayit
Another soldier of the Azerbaijani Army is dead. APA reports that the incident has been recorded today in “N” military unit of the Defense Ministry in Sumgayit. An explosion occurred while soldier Aliyev Javid Elshan, 19, was pumping up truck wheels. He died from a head injury.
Deputy spokesman for the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Teymur Abdullayev confirmed the fact to APA. Aliyev was drafted from Aghdash Region Ministry Commissariat in 2010.
According to the “Doctrine” Journalists' Military Research Center, the rate of military deaths increased abruptly in Azerbaijan in 2011. Azerbaijan registered 82 deaths in the defense and security sector in 2011; 70 of them are non-combat losses. 9 Azerbaijani servicemen died “under unknown circumstances”, 11 were killed in accidents, 12 died in traffic accidents, 9 died of diseases (or poisoning), 16 were killed by their co-servicemen, 12 committed suicide.