posted on: October 19, 2020
The murderers and their supporters are breaking the law. Fuzuli and most of its villages were occupied by the Armenian army in 1993.
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Azerbaijani air defense destroyed Armenian missiles launched at that city, the General Prosecutors of Azerbaijan said in a statement that indicated the hydroelectric power plant in Mingachevir was targeted by the Armenian army at about 1 a.m. (2100GMT). “Armenia still commits war crimes and massacres civilians,” said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in a tweet. “We woke up at 4am due to an awful blow, it was not just a strike, it was something more powerful … we are scared, but we got used to it,” Lika Zakaryan, a 26-year-old resident of Stepanakert, told Reuters news agency. At around the same time in the city of Mingecevir, an hour’s drive north of Ganja, AFP news agency reported the impact of a huge blast that shook buildings. Armenian attack kills 13 civilians in Ganja, Azerbaijan BAKU- Anadolu Agency. This photo, provided by the Armenian government, shows the aftermath of recent shelling in the city of Stepanakert. One man was buried under the debris for 30 minutes before he was rescued. hide caption. The BBC reports more than 100 confirmed deaths between civilians and combatants on the Armenian side. ”I extend my get well soon wishes to the brotherly Azerbaijani people and repeat once again that we stand by them in their rightful cause,” Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Twitter. Armenia denied it was behind the attack and in turn accused Azerbaijan of continued shelling on Stepanakert, the main city of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Karo Sahakyan/Armenian Government/AFP via Getty Targeting SCUD missile against densely populated civilians shows complete immorality and schizophrenic mindset of Armenia's pol-mil leaders," Hajiyev said. Armenia … Attacks against Ganja are crimes against humanity,” Ömer Çelik said on Twitter, noting the attacks and massacres will not go unpunished before adding that Armenia must be convicted in the name of humanity and law.
Hikmet Hajiyev, an aide to Aliyev, wrote on Twitter that Armenia’s strongest fortified defense line had been shattered. On Friday, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned that civilians were being killed on both sides of the conflict. These land in residential areas and the city centre, the most crowded dense residential areas.”. I cordially congratulate all the people of Azerbaijan on this occasion.”. A missile attack levelled a row of homes on Saturday, killing and badly injuring people in their sleep in a sharp escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The territory itself is closely allied with Armenia. “Based on Armenia’s defence ministry spokesperson’s claims, Ganja is a military target because of [the presence of] some military units, battalions and brigades and some defence industry factories,” Koseoglu said. Armenia has denied the charges; the leader of the territory at the center of the dispute said his forces were responsible for the attack. "Azerbaijan retains its right to take adequate measures against legitimate military targets to defend civilians," he added. An Azerbaijani official said a second missile hit a separate, industrial district of Ganja at around the same time.
“Innocent civilians in the second biggest city of Azerbaijan are under the indiscriminate and targeted missile attack of Armenia,” he said earlier.
Azeri officials said the Scud missile was fired from the Armenian territory, which the Armenians have consistently denied. “Fortunately my family and I were not at home,” Sevil Aliyeva, a resident from Ganja, told Al Jazeera. “The foreign ministry of Armenia has released a tweet and it says that consistent attempts by Azerbaijan to extend the geography of the conflict, plus irreversibly undermining regional security should be condemned in the strongest terms,” Smith said, speaking from the Armenian town of Vorotan.
Mushfiq Jafarov, a member of parliament from Ganja, told Al Jazeera that two children are among those killed. “Civilians are continued to be saved from the debris of destruction by emergency services,” Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the Azerbaijani president, said on Twitter. According to Hikmat Hajiyev, an assistant to the Azeri president, “more than 20 houses were destroyed” in the attack. "We don't know exactly what caused this recent flare-up," NPR international correspondent Lucian Kim told Morning Edition shortly after fighting began. Turkey, a close ally of Azerbaijan, condemned the attack and called it a “war crime”.
Armenian defence ministry denied the Azeri claim on shelling cities in Azerbaijan and accused Baku of continuing to shell populated areas inside Nagorno-Karabakh, including Stepanakert, the region’s biggest city. The attack on Ganja, which has a population of more than 300,000 people, came only six days after a missile struck another residential part of the city, killing 10 civilians and leaving many on edge. The "insane Political-military leadership of Armenia" is a threat to regional peace and security, Hikmet Hajiyev, an aide to Azerbaijan's president, wrote on Twitter. "Opening fire on the territory of Azerbaijan from the territory of Armenia is clearly provocative and expands the zone of hostilities," Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov said in a statement, the Associated Press reported. On Thursday, Armenia's military said it had shot down four Azerbaijani drones near the Armenian capital of Yerevan. Armenia denied the charges. According to Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), missiles fired at Ganja were initially identified as SCUD/Elbrus Operative-Tactical Ballistic Missile.
Azerbaijani army liberates city of Fuzuli from occupation.
Azerbaijan hasn't released details on military casualties, but said that 24 civilians have been killed and over 100 wounded. Azerbaijan shoots down Armenian fighter jet. Azerbaijan shot down an Armenian fighter jet on Oct. 17 morning, the country's Defense Ministry said. Harutyunyan said he had later given an order to stand down, "to avoid loss among civilians." I talked to people in Ganja.
Armenia rejects claims it was behind the attack that prompted Azerbaijan president to vow ‘revenge’. Armenia will pay for these unlawful acts and murders,” Ibrahim Kalın wrote on Twitter in reference to the Armenian massacre of 600 Azerbaijani civilians in 1992. A decades-long dispute over territory in the southern Caucasus has led to open hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia this past week. Smoke rises in the aftermath of recent shelling during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Armenian army also launched missile attacks on Mingachevir. Azerbaijani officials said one civilian was killed in the attack, and 32 more were injured. Karabakh is Azerbaijan! Al Jazeera correspondent Sinem Koseoglu, reporting from Baku, said Azerbaijan was trying to run the diplomacy channels. Turkish presidential spokesman said Armenia continues to commit war crimes even under a declared cease-fire. In a statement, the ministry said the Su-25 aircraft was attempting to launch air strikes on Azerbaijani positions in the Jabrayil region. "People have been in touch with the ICRC who are terrified for themselves and their families and at a loss as to where to go or what to do to stay safe," said ICRC's Eurasia regional director Martin Schüepp. The jet was destroyed by Azerbaijani forces at around 11:11 a.m. [0711GMT], the statement said. Authorities in Azerbaijan say a missile attack on the city of Ganja killed at least 12 people and wounded 40 others in early hours of Saturday.
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