Movsisyan: R.I.P to a real HERO (PHOTO)

Armenian national football squad and Spartak Moscow (Russia) forward Yura Movsisyan reflected on the death of Junior Sergeant Armen Hovhannisyan.  

The 26-year-old player posted a photograph of Hovhannisyan on his Facebook page and wrote the following underneath: “R.I.P to a real HERO !!”

The diversionary teams of Azerbaijan had attempted to carry out two simultaneous infiltrations at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces. The attempts were recorded at around between 11:50pm on January 19 and 12:15am on January 20. As a result of the ensuing skirmish, Junior Sergeant Armen Hovhannisyan was killed at a military position, and from the gunshot wound he had sustained from the adversary.  

The funeral of the 19-year-old sergeant was held on Wednesday, and he was laid to eternal rest at Yerablur Military Pantheon of Armenian capital city Yerevan.

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