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An airstrike on a bus carrying volunteers from Armenia killed six people
In Nagorno-Karabakh, an Azerbaijani drone hit a bus with volunteers from Armenia. As a result, six people died, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Hraparak.am.
The Armenian Defense Ministry initially confirmed the information about the dead, but did not specify their number. Later, they reported the death of five people, including two heads of the village administration, reports . Interfax
On the evening of April 4, authorities in the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic announced that the death toll had risen to seven.
According to the informed website Hraparak.am, there were volunteers from the Syunik detachment (Syunik is a region in the south of Armenia, bordering the NKR) on the bus. There were also two village elders on the bus.
- Active hostilities have been continuing in Nagorno-Karabakh since April 3. Both sides of the conflict hold each other responsible for the aggravation of the situation and accuse each other of shelling residential areas. According to the UN, which cites official sources in Armenia and Azerbaijan, at least 33 people were killed during the fighting - 30 military and three civilians.
- On the evening of April 4, the Azerbaijani Defense Minister ordered the armed forces to prepare for an attack on the capital of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Stepanakert.