On 7 March, at around 12:40 pm, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire on the Armenian military positions located in the western part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, as a result of which two servicemen of the RA Armed Forces received gunshot wounds. One of them, Sergeant Hrach Aram Manasaryan, a contract soldier of the N military unit of the RA Ministry of Defense, died on the way to the hospital.
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia shares the grief of the loss; expresses support to the family members, relatives and colleagues of the deceased serviceman.
The life of the other wounded soldier is not in danger.