On March 7, at around 12:40 pm, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened targeted 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 Defence, died on the way to the hospital.
The RA Ministry of Defence shares the grief of the loss, expresses support to the family members, relatives and service mates of the deceased serviceman.
The life of the other wounded soldier is not in danger.