Subscribe to our channel! rupt.ly/subscribe Seven people were injured in Barda city as a result of the shelling by Armenian Armed Forces, according to the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office.
Footage from Thursday shows the aftermath of the strikes in Barda and Ganja cities.
"As a result of a rocket hitting the "Gadim Barda" (Ancient Barda) restaurant in the center of Barda city, two civilians were hospitalised with various injuries. At the same time, rockets falling near the secondary school number five in Barda city resulted in injuring five people, and inflicting excessive damage to the school building and numerous vehicles," General Prosecutor's Office said on its official website.
The information provided by the institution on Ganja strike underlines that the shelling took place around 4 a.m. local time (12 a.m. GMT) and resulted in destruction of several civil facilities and one vehicle.
According to Azerbaijan official statistics, as of Thursday, 31 people died, 154 civilians injured and 133 civilian facilities were destroyed since the escalation of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh region.
On October 6, the Armenian Defence Ministry accused Azerbaijan of spreading misinformation about targeting civil infrastructure: "Azerbaijani side continues to spread false information that allegedly the Armenian Armed Forces are shelling civilian settlements in the territory of Azerbaijan."
On Thursday, the Armenian Foreign Ministry claimed Azeri forces targeted the places of religious worship and cultural monuments in Shushi "causing significant damage." Azeri Defence Ministry brushed off the allegations.
Fighting over the territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh disputed region broke out on September 27 when Azerbaijani and ethnic Armenian soldiers exchanged fire. It's been the heaviest clashes in the region since 2016 with dozens of casualties reported. Both sides blame each other for the escalation and report of thousands of casualties.
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