Interfax - Russia & CIS General Newswire June 9, 2017 Friday Yerevan accuses Azerbaijan of attack on Armenian village YEREVAN. June 9 The Azerbaijani army shelled an Armenian border village, Baganis, in the Tavush region on Thursday evening, the Armenian defense minister's press secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan told Interfax on Friday. "The village came under attack at about 9 p.m. (Yerevan time). The shelling lasted for about two hours with some pauses. They firing both on defensive positions and the village itself. Luckily, casualties were avoided," Hovhannisyan said. Baganis village head Narek Saakyan told Interfax that the shells damaged a number of house roofs. Interfax has yet to obtain comments from Azerbaijan. te ng aa
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