On April 2, at around 8:30 am, Azerbaijani army used BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher in the Martuni direction of the contact line, killing 12-year-old Vaghinak Grigoryan and wounding two more children.
In a conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net a source from the hospital in Karabakh’s capital, Stepanakert, said the children were killed and wounded when a school was bombarded by Azerbaijan.
The 12-year-old boy and one of the wounded kids were brothers.
“One of the wounded kids, 12-year-old Vardan Andreasyan was hospitalized with compound fracture of femur caused by multiple shrapnel fragments, as well as traumatic and hemorrhagic shock,” the source said. “The child has been operated on, everything is fine now. Gevorg Grigoryan has suffered an injury of soft tissues in the thigh; surgical treatment has been performed.”
On the night of April 1-2, Azerbaijani armed forces initiated overt offensive operations in the southern, southeastern and northeastern directions of the line of contact with Nagorno Karabakh, using artillery, armored fighting vehicles and air force equipment among other weapons.
Aside from the battles on the frontline, the rival has also carried out artillery strikes on civilian settlements and places of permanent deployment of several military units.
On April 2, at around 8:30 am, the rival used BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher in the Martuni direction of the contact line. 12-year-old Vaghinak Grigoryan was killed in the shelling, two more children were wounded.
Earleir, the Nagorno Karabakh special forces identified an Azerbaijani subversive group near the Levonarkh settlement and threw the saboterus back to their positions.
According to Armenia’s Defense Ministry, the rival troops retreated after suffering several human losses.
Military operations are currently underway.
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