ArmInfo.The Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire from a heavy machine gun on the civilians of Artsakh in the Askeran region. According to the press service of the NKR Prosecutor General's Office, the incident occurred on February 5 at around 12:00pm local time.
"Azerbaijani Armed Forces, stationed in the "Okhten Mashk" area near the city of Askeran, fired several shots from a heavy machine gun in the direction of three workers of the stone-working quarry of the Future Generations Fund LLC, in the administrative territory of the village of Khramort, Askeran region, who at that moment were repairing a tractor. The latter were forced to hide from a bullet for two hours, before the arrival of the Artsakh police officers. They also called the authorities and informed about the incident," the NKR Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement, noting that law enforcement officers are carrying out criminal-judicial measures to clarify all the circumstances of the incident.