20:21, 13 February 2016

Shell found in pre-border Armenian village

The soldiers with the shells for a howitzer D-30. Photo: Denis Mokrushin, a screenshot of a video at YouTube.com

Sappers have defused an artillery shell, found in a village in the Tavush Region of Armenia.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today the parties in Karabakh conflict have reported about violations of ceasefire, committed during the last 24 hours. According to the Azerbaijani party, on February 12, her soldier Elmir Zeinalov was killed in a shelling. The day before, the murder of a shepherd from Nagorno-Karabakh in the conflict zone was reported.

The above unexploded artillery shell was found today in the village of Getahovit, Tavush Region of Armenia, said the Ministry of Territorial Management and Emergency Situations of Armenia.

According to the Ministry, it was established that the shell was fired from a howitzer model D-30, used, in particular, for attacking infantry and field fortifications.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.