Two Armenian and one Azerbaijani civilians were reportedly wounded on the night from Wednesday to Thursday in apparently intense exchanges of gunfire between rival troops deployed along the western section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Ceasefire violations in the area intensified dramatically earlier this week amid reports that Armenian forces shot dead an Azerbaijani soldier. A 40-year-old Armenian serviceman, Hayk Devoyan, was also killed there as the fighting escalated further on Wednesday night.
The Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman, Artsrun Hovannisian, spoke of "unprecedented" tensions along the border section separating Armenia's northern Tavush province and the Gazakh and Tovuz districts in western Azerbaijan. Hovannisian said that around 20 Armenian villages close to the heavily militarized frontier came under Azerbaijani fire overnight. "The enemy was silenced by our retaliatory fire," he said.
Armenian News
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