A tractor damaged by shelling in the Armenian village of Khachik. Screenshot from the Facebook page of the Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan,  https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=962372111028661&id=100017676420633

11 November 2021, 09:01

Head of Armenian village reports shelling of tractor from Azerbaijani side

A tractor with a local resident inside was shelled by Azerbaijani militaries, the head of the Khachik village of the Areni community said on November 10.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on November 9, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of shelling some engineering equipment on the border of the two countries in the Black Lake region. Workers who fell under fire were laying the road. Units of the Azerbaijani army took immediate adequate response measures, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

On November 9, at 2:30 p.m. local time, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces shelled the tractor near the village of Khachik in the Areni community of the Vayots Dzor Region of Armenia; at the moment of shelling a local resident was in the tractor busy with some agrarian works, Ovik Smbatyan, the village head, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"The tractor driver was not wounded, but he miraculously escaped by hiding. Only the tractor was damaged," Mr Smbatyan has added.

It was a targeted shelling of civilians in the village of Khachik by Azerbaijani militaries, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 10, 2021 at 10:50 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Armine Martirosyan Source: CK correspondent

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