An Azerbaijani military serviceman on combat duty at one of the positions of the Azerbaijani Army in Khojavend region has been subjected to an attack on December 3, at 13:00 by a person of Armenian origin, the Ministry of Defense has reported.

"That person has attempted to seize the weapon.

Our military serviceman has neutralized a saboteur after firing into the air in order to defend himself.

Command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and Russian-Turkish Joint Monitoring Center has been informed about the incident.

An investigation is underway regarding the fact," says the Ministry.