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| 5 members of same family killed in Armenian shelling, Azeri prosecutors say | 5 members of same family killed in Armenian shelling, Azeri prosecutors say |
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| Five members of the same family were killed in shelling by Armenian forces, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan said as it announced the launching of a criminal case over the deaths of civilians. | Five members of the same family were killed in shelling by Armenian forces, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan said as it announced the launching of a criminal case over the deaths of civilians. |
| “A resident of the village of Gashalti… and four members of his family were killed in the shelling from the side of the Armenian armed forces,” the prosecutors said in statement. | “A resident of the village of Gashalti… and four members of his family were killed in the shelling from the side of the Armenian armed forces,” the prosecutors said in statement. |
| The prosecutors said that, besides the fatalities, 19 Azeri civilians were also injured during the strikes. | |
| The Nagorno-Karabakh ombudsman earlier said that two civilians – a woman and a child – were killed and more than 30 civilians wounded in the majority Armenian-populated region as a result of fire from Azerbaijan’s forces. | |
| Hostilities broke out between the Azeri and Armenian militaries earlier on Sunday as the two nations remain at odds over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a large Armenian-populated enclave inside Azerbaijan. Martial law was introduced in both countries. | Hostilities broke out between the Azeri and Armenian militaries earlier on Sunday as the two nations remain at odds over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a large Armenian-populated enclave inside Azerbaijan. Martial law was introduced in both countries. |
| Yerevan and Baku have accused each other of initiating the violence. Armenia said that it was only responding to the shelling of Nagorno-Karabakh by the Azeri military. Azerbaijan claimed that the first shots came from Armenian territory. | Yerevan and Baku have accused each other of initiating the violence. Armenia said that it was only responding to the shelling of Nagorno-Karabakh by the Azeri military. Azerbaijan claimed that the first shots came from Armenian territory. |
| The two South Caucasus nations fought a bloody war over Nagorno-Karabakh in the 1990s, with border clashes sporadically erupting between the sides since then. | The two South Caucasus nations fought a bloody war over Nagorno-Karabakh in the 1990s, with border clashes sporadically erupting between the sides since then. |
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