Three Nagorno Karabakh police officers gunned down in Azerbaijani ambush

STEPANAKERT, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS. Three Nagorno Karabakh police officers were killed as a result of an ambush by a sabotage team of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on March 5, the Nagorno Karabakh authorities announced.

The officers of the Passport and Visa Department of the Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh were attacked around 10:00 in the area called Khaypalu. They were in their service vehicle at the time of the ambush, police said.

The three fallen officers in the Azeri sabotage raid were identified as Lt. colonel Armen Babayan, Major Davit Danielyan and Lt. Ararat Gasparyan.

Another officer, Lt. Davit Hovsepyan, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and is hospitalized.