Armenia blames fatal border incident on Azeribaijan
BBC Monitoring Newsfile [London] 05 June 2012.

Thanks to the vigilance of Armenian soldiers, the sabotage group was tracked down and neutralized following special measures. According to the preliminary data, the Azerbaijani side lost five soldiers and many others were wounded. The other members of the sabotage group managed to retreat and they took with them the wounded and the bodies of the killed.

Yerevan, 5 June: Continuing sabotage actions that they started yesterday [4 May], Azerbaijani troops again attempted to cross the Armenian state border on the night of 4-5 June.

The Azerbaijani sabotage group of 15-20 people tried to get into the Armenian territory near the village of Voskepar of Tavush Region of Armenia, the Armenian Defence Ministry told Mediamax.

“Thanks to the vigilance of Armenian soldiers, the sabotage group was tracked down and neutralized following special measures. According to the preliminary data, the Azerbaijani side lost five soldiers and many others were wounded. The other members of the sabotage group managed to retreat and they took with them the wounded and the bodies of the killed. The Armenian side sustained no casualties,” the Armenian Defence Ministry reported.

[BBCM note: The Azerbaijani Defence Ministry said on 5 June that four Azeri soldiers lost their lives while repulsing an Armenian sabotage group’s attempt to enter Azeri army positions in the country’s western Qazax District]

Credit: Mediamax news agency, Yerevan, in Russian 0840 5 Jun 12