Four Armenian troops killed in fresh clashes with Azerbaijan over Karabakh
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Armenian servicemen fire an artillery shell towards Azeri forces from their positions in the town of Martakert in the disputed region of Karabakh on April 3, 2016. (AFP photo)
At least four Armenian military personnel have been killed in a series of clashes between Armenian-backed and Azerbaijani forces in the disputed Caucasus region of Karabakh.
"Four more military victims were announced Monday on the Karabakh side," in fresh clashes with Azerbaijan forces, said Hovhannes Guevorkian, Karabakh representative in France.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Guevorkia blamed Azeri forces for continued bombing of towns across the volatile region, saying the violence-wracked region would use fixed-wing combat aircraft if there was a new large-scale attack by Azerbaijan forces.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Armenia-backed authorities in Karabakh have accused Azeri forces of killing three civilians, including a 92-year-old woman, in the village of Talysh.
Armenian Defense Ministry Spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan also claimed that the Yerevan-backed forces had "seriously advanced at certain sectors of the front line and took up new positions." The remarks were quickly dismissed as "untrue" by senior Azerbaijan authorities in Baku.
On the third day of the heaviest clashes in 20 years in the disputed border region, the Azeri Defense Ministry said on Monday that three of its troopers were killed as the Armenians fired mortar shells at Azeri positions and attacked them using grenade launchers overnight.
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