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168 buildings destroyed in Terter region through Armenian attacks

21 April 2016 10:18 (UTC+04:00)
168 buildings  destroyed in Terter region through Armenian attacks

By Nazrin Gadimova

The intense firing on Azerbaijani positions and settlements along the contact line of troops has caused great damage to the Azerbaijani civilians living in Terter, Agdam and Fuzuli regions.

Terter region’s infrastructure suffered most of all from the military operations launched by Armenian Armed Forces on April 2.

Mustagim Mammadov, the head of the region’s executive authority, said 163 houses and 5 administrative buildings were subjected to heavy shelling from the Armenian positions. As a result of the military operations 24 houses were totally destroyed and now are uninhabitable.

Several journalists have made photo reportage as they visited the front line in Garadaghli, Gapanli, Duyarli villages in the Tartar region. The reporters took photos of the ruins after the area was shelled by the Armenians. Photos provide a description of the Armenians’ provocation, their targeting civilians and houses.

Moreover, the enemy destroyed the first-aid posts in Yukhari Gapanli and Gapanli villages, as well as secondary schools (Garagaji and Gapanli villages) and a nursery school in Gazyan village.

Mammadov added that Armenians disabled 2,350 meters of concrete channel, 4 kilometers of earthen canal, 12 hydraulic structures, 2 bridges, 2 kilometers of power lines, as well as 2 kilometers of the road over the canal.

Gas lines in the villages of Duyarli, Kocharli, Gaynag, Gapanli and Garadagli were damaged as a result of the attack of the Armenian armed units, the head of the region’s executive authority added.

After the explosion of a large-caliber projectile near a water tank of 50 cubic meters tank supports were broken in several places by shrapnel.

Mammadov said these defects were eliminated very soon so that to ensure gas and water supplies to population.

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Nazrin Gadimova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @NazrinGadimova

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