Artsakh soldier wounded in landmine explosion transferred to Yerevan
Artsakh serviceman 19-year-old Narek Hoveyan, who was wounded in landmine explosion on November 21, was transferred today to Yerevan Central Clinical Military Hospital from Stepanakert.
As the spokesperson at the defense ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan told Panorama.am, the soldier’s condition is assessed as severe but stable. He sustained numerous shrapnel wounds to different parts of his body.
As reported earlier, a landmine explosion killed three soldiers of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Defense Army and wounded another on Tuesday.
The blast that came around 6:35pm in the north-eastern military unit claimed the lives of Gegham Zakaryan (22), Sargis Abrahamyan (19) and Sargis Melikyan, (20), while Hoveyan was severely injured.
A probe into the incident is underway.