A soldier of Azerbaijani armed forces died, another was injured during exercises in military unit N of the country's Defense Ministry's Baku military formation, Trend News said.

As a result of careless handling of weapon by Sahil Nagiyev, his associate Akbar Nasirov died and Suret Mammadov was wounded. The wounded soldier has been hospitalized, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry's spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu told Trend on Friday, July 13.

Nasirov was enlisted by the Neftchala Region Military Commissariat.