YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, ARMENPRESS. A 14-year-old Armenian young man died near Turkish-Syrian border on the road leading from Qamishli to Turkey.

 “Armenpress” learnt about the aforementioned from the Facebook page “Perio News”. The deceased is Armen Avetisyan who tried to enter Turkey via a land border crossing. He died in shooting.

The funeral of Armen Avetisyan will take place at St. Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church, Qamishli on October 23.

According to UN data, over 220 thousand people died in Syria clashes which have continued for already 5 years. The number of Armenian victims exceeds 100.