(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 10. An AzerbaijaniState Border Guard Service unit preventing a violation of the stateborder was fired upon from an Armenian Armed Forces' combat post,wounding Senior Lieutenant Rovshan Mammadov, Trend reports, referringto the Azerbaijani State Border Service.
On April 10, around 15:20, it was discovered that twoindividuals from the direction of Nerkin Khnzoresk village ofArmenia, opposite the positions of the frontier troops of the theState Border Service located in the Jijimli settlement, violatedthe state border, crossing approximately 300 meters intoAzerbaijani territory, with about 200 heads of small livestock.
"The border guard of the Azerbaijani State Border Servicepreventing the violation of the state border was fired from acombat post of the Armenian Armed Forces, as a result of whichSenior Lieutenant Rovshan Mammadov was wounded.
The serviceman was immediately evacuated to a medicalfacility.
At present, the operational conditions are stable and under thecontrol of our units.
The responsibility for this regular provocation by the Armenianside falls entirely on the military-political leadership ofArmenia," the statement of the State Border Service reads.
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