Yerevan.Today Reports: Enemy Bullets Hit Vorotan Village Mayor Seven Times

On a tense night of July 19, it was revealed that seven bullets from enemy weapons struck the body of the Vorotan village mayor. Out of the seven bullets fired, six hit the abdomen and heart areas. Fortunately, Radhik Oghikyan survived due to the armor he was wearing.

However, with the seventh bullet, the enemy managed to injure Mayor Oghikyan's shoulder. In addition to shrapnel injuries, there are also open wounds on other parts of his body, but they are minor, and it remains unclear which type of weapon the enemy used to fire at the Armenian settlement that night.

In a conversation with Yerevan.Today, Oghikyan's friends described his bodily injuries, praising God that Oghikyan approached the combat positions that day with his bulletproof vest to put out a fire that had broken out; otherwise, they are convinced he would not have survived.

“If it weren't for my armor, I wouldn’t be alive; I was saved by the grace of God. Next week, when I leave the hospital, I plan to sacrifice a lamb, and I will gather with my family at home to celebrate my second birthday,” Radhik Oghikyan told Yerevan.Today, confirming that there were marks from 5-6 bullets on his vest.

According to Oghikyan, another piece of good fortune was that he had transported a water pump in his service 'Lada 07' to extinguish the fires started by enemy gunfire that night. He said that if he had carelessly approached the position in his personal 'Niva,' the enemy would have locked onto it, and the vehicle might have exploded very quickly. In contrast, the '07' is lower, and the reeds covered the vehicle from the enemy's line of sight.

Oghikyan did not describe much of the harrowing night but remembered that, after his injury, his comrades managed to move him back to transport him to Yerevan amid active gunfire. It's worth noting that the Deputy Director of the medical facility, Arshak Mnatsakanyan, who is married to well-known political figure Arpine Hovhannisyan, performed surgery on the Vorotan village mayor in Artsakh's Hospital.

The doctor assessed Oghikyan's condition as satisfactory, stating that there is a muscular injury but it shouldn't cause any long-term effects. “There is no need for rehabilitation courses; the injury is not deep. So, in two days, I expect Mr. Oghikyan will be discharged from our hospital and return to normal life,” Mnatsakanyan said.