Karabakh Ombudsman accuses Azerbaijan of a shelling attack on a village

A house of a resident of the Tagavard village in the Martuni District has been damaged during a shelling attack by the Azerbaijani armed forces, and no people were injured, the Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh reports.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that in August, shelling attacks on the line of contact between the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops became as regular as on the eve of the autumn war in 2020, but the sides are not using heavy weapons now.

“As a result of shelling attacks from the Azerbaijani positions in the direction of the villages of Karmir Shuka (the Azerbaijani name is Qırmızı Bazar, – note of the ‘Caucasian Knot’) and Tagavard in the Martuni District, the house of one of the residents of the Tagavard community has been damaged ... Six civilians live in the house, including a child,” Gegam Stepanyan, Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh, wrote on Facebook.

He also adds that “after the midnight, Azerbaijan continued shelling in the direction of the village.” The Ombudsman notes there are no casualties among the civilians.

“The Azerbaijani positions near peaceful villages and towns of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) pose a direct threat to the lives, health, and the rights of the people of Artsakh and disrupt the everyday activities of the civilians living in the villages and towns,” Gegam Stepanyan claims in his statement.