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    Emil Lazarian
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CivilNet: Azerbaijan Strikes Church in Shushi, Karabakh, Injuring Reporter

CIVILNET.AM
8 October, 2020 19:45

Two Azerbaijani missile strikes targeting the St. Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in the town of Shushi in Karabakh damaged the church and injured several reporters inside. 

One reporter, in critical condition, has been hospitalized. 

Shushi’s Ghazanchetsots (Holy Saviour) Cathedral, is an iconic site for the Armenian Apostolic Church. 

Minutes after the strike, the CIVILNET team in Karabakh visited the site and saw a section of the roof had collapsed, and rubble was strewn on the floor.

This latest fighting between Armenians and Azerbaijanis began on September 27, following a large-scale Azerbaijani artillery attack on Karabakh. International mediators continue to call for a ceasefire. 

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS