The information in Azerbaijani mass media about murder of the three Armenian servicemen and wounding of a battalion chief is "out of thin air", press-secretary of Armenia's Defence Ministry, Artsrun Hovannisyan, told Arminfo correspondent.
An officer of Armenian was shot by Azerbaijani servicemen in the shooting in Berd-Gazakh territory of the frontline on August 6, 1news.az reported referring to its "military sources". On August 6, at 00.50, as a result of the shooting between Azerbaijani and Armenian servicemen, battalion commander of Armenian army, Major Avelyan Armen Saroyevich was seriously wounded. Regiment commander, Colonel Harut Minasyan, who was responsible for the protection of the abovementioned territory was also with him. He managed to run away during the shooting. But the battalion commander Avelyan was taken from the danger zone with serious wounds. He was first taken to military hospital in Berd region, then to the Central Military Hospital in Yerevan. In general, from August 2 till August 8, 3 Armenian servicemen were killed by Azerbaijani snipers on the frontline.
For his part, a representative of the Armenian Defence Ministry thinks such an information is funny. He drew attention at an interesting detail - the Azerbaijani party was so much hot for the sensation invented by it, that it willingly confessed making aggression against the Republic of Armenia, breaking cease-fire regime and attempted murder.
Hovannisyan added that servicemen with the names mentioned in the information do not serve at the sector named in the information. This is evidence of its falsehood. "Similar publications are peculiar to the yellow press, but not to the one that respects itself", - press-secretary of Armenia's Defence Ministry said. He also added that an Armenian officer will never leave his friend at the battle field, as such a behavior is not peculiar to his image. "It is impossible to find out such cases even with a help of a microscope", he said.