YEREVAN, August 16. /ARKA/. A senior warrant officer of the Armenian armed forces- Vahan Tatosyan- born in 1975, was fatally wounded by an Azerbaijani sniper in the early hours of August 16 in another shootout provoked by Azerbaijani troops located in Nakhichevan exclave near the Armenian village of Yeraskh.
It was the second shootout provoked by Azerbaijani troops today morning. The first was reported near Sev Lich in the Armenian province of Syunik. In the shootout there one Azerbaijani soldier was said to have been killed.
According to the Armenian Defense Ministry, Tatosyan was killed by the sniper at around 09:50.
The ministry said as a result of the retaliatory actions taken by the Armenian side, the enemy suffered losses.