Armenia says soldier killed by Azerbaijani sniper at border; Azeri official denies

The Armenian soldier was serving near the village of Berd, about 210 kilometers (130 miles) northeast of the capital Yerevan, when he was shot in the head, a Defense Ministry statement said. He died en route to a hospital, it said.

Azerbaijani military spokesman Ramiz Melikov said Azerbaijani forces had not violated a 1994 cease-fire, unlike, he said, Armenia.

"Having occupied our lands, they have begun an undeclared war against the Azerbaijani people and are trying to blame us," Melikov told The Associated Press. The Associated Press

/The International Herald Tribune/