76 Soldiers Died in Armenia and Karabakh Armies According to 2015 Report

To compare, HCAV mentioned that 45 deaths had occurred in 2014 as a result of 41 incidents.

YEREVAN (Express.am) — In 2015, 76 soldiers died in 58 incidents recorded in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army,  according to a report issued by the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office (HCAV).

“Besides the above mentioned, there were other 4 deaths of Armenian soldiers registered [in 2015], two of whom were servicemen of the Russian troops in Armenia, one – a soldier of Armenia’s Armed Forces who, according to the Defense Ministry, had been sent to the reserve. [The forth death] was unrelated to military service (the military commissar of the town of Berd in Armenia’s Tavush province was killed by an intoxicated villager).â€