Elfik Mkrtich Avetisyan, a first-year student in the Shirak State University’s Faculty of Law, died in the war in Artsakh.
According to the Shirak State University’s website, Elfik Avetisyan was a contract soldier from the Haykavan village of the Shirak Province.
The dean of the Department of Social Sciences and Law Studies, Ofelya Hovhannisyan, told Aravot Daily that Elfik was carrying out his combat duties when he saw that the lives of two of his friends were in danger. He stopped at their position to warn them, but he was shot and his friends survived.
Ofelya Hovhannisyan described Elfik as being cautious, level-headed, and responsible.
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“His sister was also a student at the university. They come from a modest and well-mannered family. I can’t stop thinking about Elfik coming to my office and bidding me farewell. He came here before going to the army to say goodbye. I told him, ‘May God be with you, I will greet you with a big smile in two years.’ He was supposed to finish his service on January 29th,” the dean said in sorrow.
Elfik was his parents’ only son. He has two sisters.
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