ArmInfo.The Armenian Defense Ministry does not confirm the information of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on the killing of an Azerbaijani civilian.
Thus, in an interview with ArmInfo correspondent, the Spokesperson of the RA Ministry of Defense, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, commenting on the information about the killing of civilians circulated in the Azerbaijani media, emphasized that it was not true. At the same time, he reported that earlier Armed Forces of Azerbaijan wounded an Armenian tractor driver in Noyemberyan, who carried out engineering work. "The tractor driver was hospitalized," Hovhannisyan said, while refusing to go into details about his condition.
Earlier, the Azerbaijani media reported that allegedly on Wednesday, at about 4:55pm in the direction of the village of Gushchu Ayrum in the Gazakh region of Azerbaijan an excavator engaged in laying supply routes was shelled by the Armenian Armed Forces. "The driver of the excavator, civilian Safarali Alekper oglu Abyshov, received a gunshot wound. Despite the provision of primary medical care, the evacuation of the driver, he died," the Defense Ministry said in a statement. -l-