A residential house damaged as a result of shelling, October 20, 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

30 October 2020, 08:45

Woman from Goranboy District dies in Azerbaijan under shelling

Flora Ziyadova died when a shell hit her house. This is the 91st civilian death in Azerbaijan since the start of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has counted.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on October 29, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) accused Armenia of shelling the territory of the Goranboy, Terter and Barda Districts.

For more news on the Karabakh conflict escalation, see: 'Karabakh: a Good War Or a Bad Peace' section.

As a result of a shell hitting a residential building in the village of Tapgaragoyunlu, Goranboy District, a villager, Flora Ziyadova, born in 1967, perished, the press service of the country's GPO has informed. "The building was seriously damaged," says the GPO's statement translated by the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

Flora Ziyadova became the 91st Azerbaijani civilian perished since the start of hostilities on September 27, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the GPO's in the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office. The number of wounded persons has not changed and remains at 392, the GPO has stated.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on October 29, 2020 at 07:44 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Faik Medzhid Source: CK correspondent

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