BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 12. The State Security Service of Armenia accused the Armenian border guards of violating the rules, which led to a shootout, TurkicWorld reports via Armenian media.
The media said that a criminal case has been initiated into an apparent violation by border guards of a number of rules of military service.
As the State Security Service noted, on April 10, a conscript soldier of the service's border troops, having learned that a shepherd and his herd had gotten lost and ended up on Azerbaijani territory, together with his colleagues "decided to cross the border without permission and return the cattle, thereby violating the rules of service, which "negligently caused significant damage, led to a wanton shooting, and endangered the lives and health of people."
