01 November 2011, 22:20
Soldier dies of pneumonia in Azerbaijani Army
Azer Akif oglu Abbaszade, a soldier of the National Army, born in 1993, died of croupous pneumonia and internal bleeding. The incident was recorded in the unit of the Ministry of Defence, deployed in the city of Barda.
Abbaszade was called up for military service in 2011 by Bilyasuvar District Military Commissariat.
The press service of the Ministry of Defence confirmed the death of the soldier, the "APA" reports.
Meanwhile, according to the sources, this case has already become the third one for the last three days. During this time, three Azerbaijani soldiers had died from a disease. Earlier, a 19-year-old Raul Agaev, another conscript of the Azerbaijani Army, who was called up for military service in last July from Shabran District, also died of pneumonia. And on October 30, 2011, an 18-year-old Ruslan Karimov, a soldier of the Azerbaijani Army, died "as a result of disease" in hospital of the city of Gyandja, the "Panorama.am" reports.