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Mine blast kills Armenian soldier

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On August 2, Armenian soldier Gevorg Harutyunyan (born in 1996) was killed in a mine blast in one of the military units of Nagorno Karabakh’s Defense Army, the NKR Defense Ministry reports. An investigation is in progress. The ministry shares the grief of the heavy loss and extends condolences to the family members, relatives and comrades of the soldier. The ministry also says that Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire 31 times on August 3, firing over 350 shots in the direction of Karabakh positions.