Tragedy in Armenia: two Russian soldiers die

A Russian serviceman killed a fellow soldier and, subsequently, committed suicide in Armenia, the press service of Russia's Southern Military District said.

According to the statement, while handing over weapons after exercises at Alagyaz shooting range yesterday, the serviceman violated safety rules and unintentionally fired from an automatic weapon, causing a fatal gunshot wound to another serviceman. He killed himself as well, News.am reported.

The commission is working on site to find out the circumstances of this incident.