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Armenians break cease-fire for 150 times, Azerbaijan lose platoon of soldiers in the past five months

02 June 2006 [12:23] - TODAY.AZ
The Armenian Armed Forces violated the cease-fire from different directions of the front line for ten times in May this year.

According to the results of APA's monitoring held on the basis of Defense Ministry's reports to the media, Azerbaijani Army lost two soldiers as a result of Armenians breaking the cease-fire in May.

The cease-fire was violated for four times in Aghdam, twice in Gazakh and Terter and once in Fizuli and Goranboy. OSCE twice monitored the contact front line of Armenian and Azerbaijani Armed Forces (Gazakh and Khojavend) in May. The monitoring passed without any incident. One Azerbaijani soldier died and six were wounded due to breaking training regulations in May. One of the wounded was ensign and the rest were soldiers. The ensign died due to misusing his service gun and the rest were killed in traffic accidents.

Totally, according to the results of the past five months, the cease-fire was violated for 150 times. Azerbaijani armed forces' a platoon of soldiers-29 servicemen were killed and nine were wounded due to the cease-fire violation and several other reasons during this period.

Four soldiers were killed in fire, four due to misusing service gun, eight in traffic accidents, one committed suicide, two in snow-slip, one was struck by lightening, and nine of them were killed by the enemy. Eight of the wounded were targeted by enemy bullet and one misused his service gun. Five of the killed were officers, two ensigns, one sergeant and the rest twenty-one were soldiers. Eight of them were killed outside battle zone. The Azerbaijani Armed Forces lost eleven servicemen in January, two in February and five in March, six in April and three in May. All of the killed servicemen served in the armed groups subordinate to the Defense Ministry.

According to the results of the monitoring held in five months, the cease-fire was broken in April more times and less in January and May. The Armenian Armed Forces fired on the Azerbaijani Army's positions and living quarters for 10 times in January, 14 in February, 50 in March, 65 in April and 10 times in May. The followings were the hot spots of the front:

On state border of Azerbaijan: Mazam, Gizilhajili, Balajafarli and Boganis Ayrim villages in Gazakh region; Hasangaya, Chayli, Jerabert, Gapanli villages in Terter; Bash Gervend, Ortagishlag and Guluzchuluk farm in Aghdam; Ashaghi Seyidahmadli and Ashagi Abdurrahmanli villagesin Fuzli region.

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