Aleksan Arakelyan is father of two children, a 2-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter.
The relatives told that on the night of 1 to 2il he heard shots, put on his clothes and ran to the positions thinking that it was a diversion. He and the three other deputies of the commander went without knowing that the enemy had already occupied the positions in Jabrail (Jrakan), and all o them appeared in front of the Turks. Aleksan sent his soldiers back and began the fight. First he was wounded in the shoulder. Then he tried to save his friends. The enemy agin shot in his direction. When he turned to take the other weapon he was shot dead.
The Azeris had taken his body with them and only a few days ago returned with the other 18 corpses.
Today, Gyumri buried the hero officer.
