AZERBAIJAN SAYS ONE SOLDIER DEAD ANOTHER INJURED IN ARMENIAN ATTACK

Mon 28 December 2020:

Azerbaijan’s defence ministry says its army units were attacked by “an illegal Armenian armed group” in Nagorno-Karabakh, killing one Azerbaijani serviceman and wounding another.

The ministry said the attack took place in the Khojavend region on Sunday afternoon and was thwarted, leaving all six attackers dead.

“On December 27, at about 15:30, an illegal Armenian armed group or a detachment of six remnants of the Armenian armed forces attacked the units of the Azerbaijan Army in the direction of the Aghdam (Akaku) village of the Khojavend region.

“A serviceman of the Azerbaijan Army, soldier Ganbarov Elmir Rayil was killed and soldier Aliyev Emin Suleyman has been injured. As a result of the actions taken, all six members of the illegal Armenian armed group were annihilated,” the ministry said on Twitter.

It also warned against “firm measures” by the Azerbaijani Army if such a case happens again.

Relations between the former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, recognized as an Azerbaijani territory, and seven adjacent regions.

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