HCA Vanadzor presents a summary information paper on Azerbaijani attacks on settlements and deaths of civilians caused by Azerbaijani missile artillery attacks.
October 2
During the night of 2 October 2020, 4 UAVs of Azerbaijani armed forces appeared also in the air territory of Kotayk and Gegharkunik regions of the Republic of Armenia. The UAVs weredestroyed by the Armenian air defense forces. RA Prime Minister NikolPashinyan informed about this on his Facebook page.
On October 2, at around 14:00, RA MoD representative ArtsrunHovhannisyan informed on his Facebook pagethat Azerbaijani armed forces targeted Stepanakert, the capital city of Artsakh, and as a result of missile strikes launched on the city, civilian infrastructures were greatly damaged. There are injured persons among the civilian population.
As the Armenian Unified Infocenter informs, Artsakh Rescue Service was also damaged. The Rescue Service building was partially destroyed with broken windows, collapsed walls and damaged cars strewn throughout the parking lot. 10 civilians were wounded. Their life is not in danger.
Artsakh Human Rights Defender ArtakBeglaryan also made a post in his Facebook page concerning the civilian objects targeted and those wounded as a result of missile strikes launched on Stepanakert. He mentioned that there had been three strikes on Stepaanakert and that there was no information regarding the victims yet.
Earlier, at12:00, then at14:00 ,Azerbaijani armed forces struckHadrut town of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh with Smerch weapon and cluster bombs, there are wounded persons among the civilian population, whose number is not known yet. RA MoD representative ArtsrunHovhannisyan informed about this.
On October 2, at 18:00, MoD representative ArtsrunHovhannisyan also informed that civilian objects were also being targeted by ballistic missiles and probably LORA missiles.
At 18:00, Armenian Unified Infocenter disseminated information that journalists were again targeted in Artsakh. A minibus transporting international and local journalists was damaged as a result of shelling in Martakert, no one was wounded.
October 1 – updated
According to the information published in the evening if October 1 in the frame of fact collection mission of the Republic of Artsakh Human Rights Defender, 4 civilians were killed and 11 civilians were wounded as a result of Azerbaijani armed forces targeting the civilian population in the town of Martuni in the Republic of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh. Among those wounded there are also reporters, two of whom, as already known, are journalists of Le Monde newspaper: Yaghobzaden Rafael Charles and Alan Cavall. The latter’s state is assessed as serious and he was operated on in Stepanakert. The other reporter was operated on in the hospital of Martuni, as his state was not severe. [1]
The car transporting the reporters was also damaged. The driver has a slight injury on his abdomen.
According to the data of “Hetq”, a young resident of Martuni is also among the victims of October 1. He had joined the group of reporters to accompany them, as he was familiar with the territory.[2]
Later, an Azerbaijani strike UAV fired a missile in the direction of Shatvan village of Gegharkunik region of the Republic of Armenia, on Mets Masrik settlement. As a result of the shelling, Gevorg Vardanyan, born in 1967, was killed, 2 civilians got injuries of different degrees. [3]
At this moment, there are 13 victims among the civilian population. 11 of them were killed in the territory of the Republic of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, 2 of them were killed in the territory of the Republic of Armenia (Gegharkunik region).
[1]https://factor.am/289574.html
[2]https://hetq.am/hy/article/122325?fbclid=IwAR1hsILhPgx_KuvcdlRHz0TT6Mjr5MCXr7Y4afQ1cqa7InYgaWW2rF3pZzE#.X3XWoIeUxUk.facebook , https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1029846.html
[3]https://armeniasputnik.am/armenia/20201001/24713253/gexarquniqum-hakarakordy-hretanie-kirarel-zoh-viravorner-unenq.html
October 1
Civilian population was again in the target of Azerbaijani attacks. Armenian and foreign media representatives were also injured.
Azerbaijani armed forces hit the civilian population of Hadrut (Republic of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh) with artillery fire.[1]
Azerbaijani shelling left media representatives injured. Moreover, among the injured, there are representatives from both the Armenian and foreign media.
2 reporters (citizens of France) of Le Monde were injured as a result of Azerbaijan’s bombardment in Martuni (Republic of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh). They are being taken to hospital in Martuni.[2]
Dmitri Yelovski, deputy director of “Dozhd” TV company, was also under shelling. He was transferred to a bomb shelter[3].
At the moment of bombing, CivilNet’s group of 5 cameramen was also in Martuni and appeared under “Grad” shelling. Journalist Tatul Hakobyan reported that they had not been injured. As the journalist informs, Azerbaijani side hits civilian objects[4].
Azerbaijani shelling also injured Aram Grigoryan, Armenia TV company’s “Zham” newscast operator, when he was covering military actions. The injury is slight.[5]
24News reporter Sevak Vardumyan was also in the group of journalists who appeared under the targeted fire of Azerbaijani armed forces in Martuni (Republic of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh). He got an injury on his back and is on the way to hospital at the moment[6].
[1]https://www.azatutyun.am/a/30868119.html
[2]https://www.azatutyun.am/a/30868088.html
[3]https://www.24news.am/index.php/news/125541
[4]https://www.24news.am/news/125520
[5]https://www.24news.am/news/125540
[6]https://www.24news.am/news/125551?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=73bf4e644875623390637f377199e003e358129d-1601554694-0-Aaxa7klb_hnqVmz0L9ukAQcomZdsSYwUf4HwAQXjEkf-8Bn1MrIVoLp7kR2glpOmPHZVRVkASZG5CQO87Bf6Wdsizt8pZVjxIaHHXo9-4ww1ZAn9h9hJFFnfMGyo91JflEdy0mKRzcnY6xDdOMkdqe-n7vU5Eu7Hy1DDh0CshtoUsaHgNd6clNV801CBHp2rnzxPFRBXSk4_53LLFnEoNm
