From the explosion of mines at the shooting range on the Russian 102nd military base in Gyumri, 64-year-old shepherd Dereyan Tepoyan from the village of Vagramerd Shirak region died, Epress.am.
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The incident occurred in the same area where two Wagramerd children were blown up on a mine.
A relative of the deceased shepherd told the Armenian service of the Freedom radio station that the villagers are using the territory of the shooting range as a pasture. She is located near the villages of Vagramerd, Kaps and Ovuni. At one time, the territory was the pasture here, later about 1000 hectares of the territory were transferred to the Russian military base for free use.
The head of Vagramerd Kamo Harutyunyan said that immediately after the tragedy, a joint Armenian-Russian investigation group was created, an investigation was underway.