Karabakh President awards posthumous medal to Harutyun Safaryan
On April 1, Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree awarding posthumously Medal for Service in Battle to commander of a Karabakh military unit, senior lieutenant of the NKR Defense Army Harutyun Safaryan for bravery shown while defending the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic state border, the press service of the President reports.
On March 31, senior lieutenant Harutyun Safaryan, 27, was killed by a mine explosion in a frontline position of a military unit in the southern direction of the Line of Contact of Nagorno-Karabakh’s and Azerbaijan’s troops.