At around 10:00, on 5 March, a sabotage group of the Azerbaijani armed forces targeted and opened fire on the shift car of the police passport and visa department staff in the area called “Khaipalu”. The police of the Artsakh Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
“As a result of subversive infiltration, 3 police officers were killed.
Lieutenant Colonel: Armen Babayan
Major: Davit Danielyan
Lieutenant: Ararat Gasparyan.
Another serviceman, Lieutenant Davit Hovsepyan, received a gunshot wound in the chest and is in the Republican Medical Center.
At this difficult moment, the Ministry of Internal Affairs shares the grief of the loss of the dead policemen, expresses support to their family members,” the message states.