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A cameraman of ATV television channel has been wounded after the Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan, local media reports.

Vijay Valiyev, a cameraman of the channel`s Qarabagh bureau, was wounded in his leg when the Armenian units shelled the city of Terter and the village of Qapanli from 82mm- and 120mm-mortars, 122-mm D-30 howitzers and M-21 field rocket systems. Other employees of the channel and the car belonging to ATV`s bureau escaped the shelling.

A total of 20 houses were damaged after the Armenians shelled Terter throughout the night. No locals were reportedly killed or injured.

The Azerbaijani armed forces took retaliatory action, targeting the enemy`s military facilities.

On the night of April 2, 2016, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from the Armenian side, which used large-caliber weapons, mortars and grenade launchers. The armed clashes resulted in deaths and injuries among the Azerbaijani population. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-attack, which led to liberation of several strategic heights and settlements.

Military operations were stopped on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on Apr. 5 at 12:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) with the consent of the sides, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry earlier said. Ignoring the agreement, the Armenian side again started violating the ceasefire.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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