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Azerbaijani machine-guns strike Armenian border village
11:57 * 28.06.14
Armenia's border village of Aygepar was targeted by Azerbaijan in a
fresh machine-gun attack on Friday.
Speaking to Tert.am, the village's mayor, Andranik Andinyan, said the
adversary released a rocket sparking green light at about 10:30 pm .
The Armenian side launched a counterattack thirty minutes later. The
shelling, which lasted three hours, left different parts of the
village ravaged.
"We had a gas pipeline was damaged; one house caught fire which was
extinguished with great difficulties. House walls, roofs, glasses and
property were totally damaged. They fired bullets from big-caliber
firearms," Andinyan said.
He added that a neutral zone on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is
still under fire in the wake of the attack. "The entire village is in
smoke. One of our residents wanted to save his yard from fire a little
while ago, but they shoot all the time. The house yards are no longer
visited by their owners; once someone moves, a sniper releases a
bullet," he said, adding that long-lasting fire may cause a huge
material damage to the village's population.
The recent gunshots were incomparably more intensive and large-scale,
confirmed Manvel Kamendatyan, the mayor of the border village of
Nerkin Karmiraghbyur. "The roof walls were ravaged, as they fired so
many bullets. So if every gunshot causes damage, just think of what
these houses will be like in future," he said, adding that the smokes
from Aygepar have also reached their village.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/06/28/aygepar-machinegun/
From: Baghdasarian
11:57 * 28.06.14
Armenia's border village of Aygepar was targeted by Azerbaijan in a
fresh machine-gun attack on Friday.
Speaking to Tert.am, the village's mayor, Andranik Andinyan, said the
adversary released a rocket sparking green light at about 10:30 pm .
The Armenian side launched a counterattack thirty minutes later. The
shelling, which lasted three hours, left different parts of the
village ravaged.
"We had a gas pipeline was damaged; one house caught fire which was
extinguished with great difficulties. House walls, roofs, glasses and
property were totally damaged. They fired bullets from big-caliber
firearms," Andinyan said.
He added that a neutral zone on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is
still under fire in the wake of the attack. "The entire village is in
smoke. One of our residents wanted to save his yard from fire a little
while ago, but they shoot all the time. The house yards are no longer
visited by their owners; once someone moves, a sniper releases a
bullet," he said, adding that long-lasting fire may cause a huge
material damage to the village's population.
The recent gunshots were incomparably more intensive and large-scale,
confirmed Manvel Kamendatyan, the mayor of the border village of
Nerkin Karmiraghbyur. "The roof walls were ravaged, as they fired so
many bullets. So if every gunshot causes damage, just think of what
these houses will be like in future," he said, adding that the smokes
from Aygepar have also reached their village.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/06/28/aygepar-machinegun/
From: Baghdasarian