October 5, 2016 - 10:40 AMT
Azerbaijan uses firearms, machinegun to violate truce

40 ceasefire violations by the Azeri army were registered along the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh overnight on October 4-5.

In the reporting period, Azeri troops used various caliber firearms to fire some 4000 shots towards the Armenian positions.

The violations were especially intense in the northern section of the contact line, where over 500 shots were fired from a large-caliber machinegun.

To suppress the rival’s attack, Karabakh Defense Army troops took retaliatory measures to continue controlling the situation on the contact line.

30 ceasefire violations by the Azeri army were registered along the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh the previous night. In the reporting period, Azeri troops used various caliber firearms to fire some 300 shots.