Ani Avetisyan, who was shot by an Azerbaijani soldier in Armenia’s Shaki village, underwent a third surgery on November 6. In an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am, Avetisyan noted that the surgery was successful, and she is currently in the recovery phase.

"I'm in pain all day, I'm taking painkillers. The surgery was on November 6, they operated on my femur, they said that the bone was completely crushed, with a gap under the knee. Now they've cleaned it, cut it from the upper part of the femur, taken it down. The bone will grow from above, it will join the lower part. Now they've put in other equipment, irons. They said that the new result will be visible in three to four months. It is assembled with irons from below the knee to the upper part of the thigh. It will remain like that, they will put in another piece of equipment to stretch, lengthen the leg,” said the injured woman, adding that no surgery is planned in the near future, but there will be surgery later.

Her children continue to live in their grandmother’s house in one of the villages of Masis city, and they attend school there.

The condition of her son’s hand is the same, there is no change yet, they said the bone has not yet healed.

“There is no change in the girl’s psychological state either. When she is left alone, she feels bad again,” said Ani Avetisyan.

She emphasized that the surgery was carried out with state funding. The necessary medication and medical care are also provided to her completely free of charge.

The last investigation in connection with Ani Avetisyan was last month.

Earlier, Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that on October 1, Azerbaijani soldier Nasimi Musayev had illegally entered a house in Shaki village of Sisian community of Armenia’s Syunik Province.

But after being discovered, he had opened fire.

Ani Avetisyan, born in 1987, was injured as a result of the shooting.

The Azerbaijani then had fled.

Subsequently, however, Musayev was found and caught in another house in Shaki.

Criminal proceedings have been launched against him under five articles of the Criminal Code of Armenia, and he has been detained for two months.

Arpi Avetisyan, the sister of the woman who was shot by the Azerbaijani soldier, had told Armenian News-NEWS.am that the Azerbaijani soldier had taken her sister’s children hostage, and their mother had lost three fingers on her left hand while protecting them. And when the Azerbaijani wanted to reload his rifle, the Armenian woman had struck him with a knife several times. When the mother had fainted, her son had punched the Azerbaijani soldier in the head, resulting in a fractured wrist.