Three civilians were killed in Azerbaijan's shelling of civilian settlements in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) overnight, the State Service of Emergency Situations reported on Friday, November 6 morning.

The Azerbaijani-Turkish forces kept the cities of Shushi and Stepanakert under intense fire throughout the night. Several houses were set on fire in Shushi as a result of rocket attack, and there is destruction in the capital Stepanakert as well.

Rescue workers of the State Emergency Service are working at the scene.

Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and terrorist mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages.