BAKU (AFP) – Armenian troops shot dead an Azeri army officer along the tense border that separates the two warring former Soviet republics, Azerbaijan’s defense ministry revealed.
Bahaddin Abdiyev, a 24-year-old lieutenant, was killed on Sunday evening during an exchange of fire with Armenian troops in the Agdam region of southern Azerbaijan, a spokesman told AFP.
Armenian and Azeri forces have been locked in a tense stand-off since fighting a war in the early 1990s over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is now under Armenian control.
The two sides are observing a ceasefire but crossborder shootouts are a frequent occurrence.
The latest violence brings the Azeri death toll to close to a dozen soldiers since the start of the year.
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