September 24, 2015 - 20:29 AMT
3 Armenian villagers killed in Azeri shelling

The Armenian village of Paravakar in Tavush province was shelled by Azerbaijani armed forces Thursday, September 24.

A village resident was deadly wounded, the chief of Paravakar, Roland Margaryan told PanARMENIAN.net. The official made no other comments. According to Razm.onfo, 83-year-old Paytsar Aghajanyan was killed.

Other border villages were also bombarded, Tert.am reports, citing the Armenian police. Sona Revazyan (born in 1974) and Shushan Asatryan (born in 1921) were killed in the border village of Berdavan.

Earlier, Azerbaijan opened fire on other Armenian border villages in the province of Tavush. The village of Dovegh was also shelled late Wednesday, September 23. No casualties were reported, but the fire damaged part of the pipeline, partly depriving the village of gas supply.