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The Karabakh Defense Army soldier shot dead on Sunday as a result of the Azerbaijani fire had made no violations, Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Movses Hakobyan said on Monday, adding a probe is underway to reveal the details of the incident.

“The serviceman was factually killed by a shot of the adversary. The commander, who rushed to help the soldier, was also wounded. The vehicle of the technical group, which left for the scene to uncover the circumstances, came under fire. One of the soldiers in the car also sustained injuries,” he detailed, adding the two servicemen were wounded slightly.

The top military official also emphasized the heroism of the Armenia officer who did not hesitate a moment to save the life of his soldier.

He stressed that Azerbaijan is constantly looking for ways to strike at the Armenian soldiers.

Reflecting on the situation along the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, Movses Hakobyan noted it was calm during the New Year period with no incidents recorded in the army.

To note, On January 7, at around 13:20, Artsakh defense army soldier Vache N. Chilingaryan (born 1998) was fatally wounded in a gunfire released by the Azerbaijani armed forces in one of the military posts of the Defense Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) in northeastern direction.