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By Amina Nazarli

Armenian militaries once again raised their hands against the civilian population of Azerbaijan and fired settlements along the frontline on April 4.

The enemy forces are intentionally shelling human settlements in Azerbaijan’s territory. There are old men and children among the dead and injured.

The Seydimli village of Azerbaijan’s Terter region was subjected to the artillery fire by Armenian Armed Forces on April 4, local media reports. One of the shells hit the courtyard of villager Sahib Veliyev, injuring the house owner and his 13-year-old grandson.

The injured boy, Sanan Valizada has been hospitalized.

Two mope civilians were wounded in Terter region’s Sarijali-Duyerli village, Head of the village municipality Ildirim Duyerli said.

“The shells wounded Mehbara Aliyeva and Kamala Aliyeva, who are 28-29 years old. The shells hit their leg, arm and face,” he noted.

The Education Ministry reported that the education process has been disrupted in educational institutions in Azerbaijan’s border regions and areas located near the zone of military operations.

The enemy forces earlier fired the Sarijali school #1 in Azerbaijan’s Aghdam region on April 2. No casualties were reported, however, the school’s building was seriously damaged. One of the shells also hit a school in the village of Ayag Gervend.

Meanwhile, restoration work has started in the villages of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam and Terter regions, which were subjected to the artillery shelling by Armenians.

On April 2, the Armenian military units located in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan made another provocative action along the entire length of contact line as the Azerbaijani positions along the frontline came under fire from large-calibre weapons, mortars, artillery and grenade-launchers. Some residential areas and refugee settlements close to the frontline also came under fire.

This resulted in the killing of two civilians and injuring of 10 another, including a 13 year old child. More than 10 houses as well as local people`s property were also damaged.

The Azerbaijani armed forces command took an immediate decision to launch counter attacks in order to prevent the activation of the Armenian military units in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh and other regions and to protect civilian population. Located in the most tense Aghdara-Tartar-Aghdam and Khojavand-Fuzuli directions, the Azerbaijani military units immediately carried out retaliatory actions against the Armenian troops.

As a result of these measures the Azerbaijani armed forces broke the first defensive line, where the Armenian units had carried out fortification and engineering work for years, and also took over several strategic hills and residential areas.

The Azerbaijani troops retook hills around the village of Talish capable of posing threat to Goranboy region and the town of Naftalan, as well as Seysulan settlement, and also took over Lele Tepe hill located in the direction of Fuzuli region.

Six Armenian tanks and 15 artillery units and engineering installations were destroyed, tens of Armenian servicemen were killed or injured.

Twelve Azerbaijani servicemen were killed in the fighting, a Mi-24 helicopter was shot down, and a mine blast damaged a tank.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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