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Another soldier of Azerbaijani Army has died. APA reports that soldier of the National Army Azer Akif Abbaszadeh, 18, died from disease at the military unit of the Defense Ministry in Berde. The soldier died from acute croupous pneumonia and internal hemorrhage. Abbaszadeh was drafted from Bilasuvar region in 2011.

This is the third Azerbaijani soldier, who has died from a disease in the past three days, the source said.

We will remind that a serviceman of the Azerbaijani army, Royal Agayev, 18, died from a disease on Monday. The incident occurred at a military unit of Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry in Agjabedi region. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has confirmed five military deaths in Azerbaijan since October 27. Azerbaijani army soldier Aliyev Javid Elshan, 19, died as a result of incident in Sumgayit on October 27. An explosion occurred while he was pumping up truck wheels. He died from a head injury. Azerbaijani soldier Taleh Teymur Huseynbalazade, 19, was killed by “electric shock” on October 28. The incident occurred at the Defense Ministry’s military unit in Aghdam region of Azerbaijan. APA reported about two military deaths in Azerbaijan on Monday at different times of the day: Ruslan Kerimov, 18, died in Ganja, and Royal Agayev, 18, - in Agjabedi region.

Azerbaijan has registered already 87 military deaths this year. 9 Azerbaijani servicemen died “under unknown circumstances,” 13 were killed in accidents, 12 died in traffic accidents, 12 died of diseases (or poisoning), 16 were killed by their co-servicemen, 12 committed suicide.