Prosecutor General`s Office of Armenia opened a criminal case in  connection with the attempted murder by Azerbaijani Armed Forces of a  resident of the village of Shosh and the servicemen of Artsakh

ArmInfo.The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia opened a criminal case in connection with the shelling by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces of a resident of the  village of Shosh, who is performing engineering work on the territory  adjacent to the village, and in connection with the shooting in the  direction of the soldiers of the Artsakh Defense Army.

As reported by the General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia, on May 17,  around 5:00pm local time, a group of Azerbaijani servicemen,  motivated by national hatred, with the aim of killing two or more  persons, deliberately destroying the property of another,  continuously conducted targeted fire for about 7 minutes in the  direction of N -th military unit of the NKR Armed Forces, as well as  a multifunctional excavator driven by a resident of the Shosh village  of Martuni region, and which, under the protection of Armenian  military personnel, carried out engineering work at one of the combat  positions of the military unit.

"As a result of these actions, the windshield and the left side door  of the excavator were damaged, significant material damage was  caused. In fact, the killings were not completed only because the  escalator driver and the military were able to hide from the  bullets," the department noted.

The Prosecutor General's Office reported that a criminal case was  initiated on the basis of points 1, 7, 13 of part 2 of Article 34-104  of the RA Criminal Code, as well as point 4 of part 2 of Article 185  of the RA Criminal Code. A preliminary investigation is underway.