Azerbaijan continues firing upon Armenian villages

August 17, 2013 | 11:02

YEREVAN. – The Azerbaijani Armed Forces continue firing upon Armenian
villages and military positions.

Armenia’s border village Movses was fired upon by Azerbaijan on Friday
at around 5:10pm, the Armenian MOD reports.

The Armenian Armed Forces’ military positions – in the direction of
Chinari, Berkaber, and Berdavan villages – likewise were fired upon.

To note, Azerbaijan has violated the ceasefire, at its boundaries with
Armenia and the Nagorno-KarabakhRepublic, 7,960 times in the first
seven months of 2013. The Azerbaijani Armed Forces made use of sniper
weaponry close to 1,240 times and large-caliber weapons, around 410
times – including large-caliber sniper weaponry, close to 260 times As a
result of Azerbaijan’s breach of the truce, three Armenian military
servicemen were killed and nine others were wounded. In addition, a
civilian was wounded.

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