STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army Spokesperson Senor Hasratyan commented, at Armenian News-NEWS.am’s request, on the Azerbaijan media reports regarding an Azerbaijani Grade 11 student suffering injuries.

“This is yet another misinformation. The Nagorno-Karabakh armed forces do not fire on civilians, let alone children,” Hasratyan stressed. “The NKR Defense Army tends to maintain the ceasefire regime [with Azerbaijan], and it takes actions in response solely in case of extreme necessity.”  

Azerbaijani media had reported that Grade 11 student Coşkun Mammadov (born in 1999), who is from Çirağli village in Ağdam District of Azerbaijan, had sustained two gunshot wounds to his hand and leg.