Armenian sergeant killed in border clash with Azeris
BBC Monitoring Newsfile [London] 06 June 2012.

The front subdivisions of the Karabakh army started a defence fight and repulsed the rival making him return to their initial positions. As a result of the fight, the rival suffered considerable casualties.

Yerevan, 6 June: An Azerbaijani sabotage group tried to get into one of the combat positions of the [Azerbaijani breakaway region] Nagornyy Karabakh republic’s [NKR] defence army in the direction of Horadiz at dawn today. As a result of the attack, one Armenian military serviceman is killed and two are wounded.

“The front subdivisions of the Karabakh army started a defence fight and repulsed the rival making him return to their initial positions. As a result of the fight, the rival suffered considerable casualties. During the defence fight, the Armenian side also sustained losses – junior sergeant Vardan Ohanyan was killed and soldiers Araik Mavreyan and Volodya Tsatryan were wounded,” the statement of the press service of the NKR defence army.

Credit: Mediamax news agency, Yerevan, in English 1120 6 Jun 12