Levon Petrosyan, 21, was shot while tilling his field in the village of Chinar. He suffered fatal injuries and died on the way to the hospital.

The death comes a day after Turkish border guards arrested an Armenian citizen who had crossed the frontier post at Artashat early Monday morning, triggering the border's alarm system.

According to Seiran Shahsuvarian, a spokesperson for the Armenian Defense Ministry, negotiations for the release of 37-year-old Artashat resident Arsen Avagian, have begun and are being mediated by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Armenia.