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Karabakh Defense Army soldier, Vladimir Melqonyan, 1996, received a fatal gunshot wound onApril 1, at around 12:20 on the combat position of a military unit in the norther direction of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army, as a result of Azerbaijani shooting, the NKR Defense Army reports.

“An investigation is underway to look into the cicumstances. NKR Defense Army shares the grief of the irreparable loss and conveys its support to the soldier’s family, relatives and fellow soldiers,” reads the statement.

Meanwhile, NKR President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree on 1 April according to which serviceman of the NKR Defense Army's N division Vladimir Melkonyan was posthumously awarded with the "For Service in Battle" medal for bravery shown during the defense of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic state border, information department of the Artsakh President’s office reports.