The Armenian Weekly’s Ani Avetyan Speaks to NKR Servicemen Who Captured an Azerbaijani Solider Last Week Senior Lieutenant Hovhannes Arakelyan has been the talk of the town in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR) lately. Senior Lieutenant Hovhannes Arakelyan (Photo: Ani Avetyan/The Armenian Weekly) He was responsible for capturing Azerbaijani serviceman Elnur Huseynzade during a failed Azerbaijani attack on Feb. 1. Huseynzade and other Azerbaijani servicemen attempted to infiltrate the NKR border by takin advantage of the heavy fog,but failed largely due to the alert and well-organized Armenian Armed Forces. During the failed Azerbaijani infiltration attempt, approximately 800 meters separated the Azeri and Armenian forces. “They [Azerbaijani forces] had near across one side of the valley. The Armenian servicemen defending the posts that night were alert and able to detect and hold back the diversion attempt. Preventative measures were taken and the commander was informed, or ” explains Arakelyan. The Azerbaijani soldier,now captured, had reached near the Armenian trenches at the time of the attack. The Armenian soldiers spotted two others as well. “In similar cases, or we must always remain alert and unemotional. We noticed them at the trenches. One soldier was already wounded and the others were retreating and leaving him behind,” [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com