Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have reported incidents at the northern sector of their international border on Monday evening. The two sides have accused each other of targetting civilian settlements.
The Azerbaijani side says that starting from 17:30 on March 30, "in the village of Gushchu Ayrim, Gazakh region, houses and civilian vehicles were intensively fired at by large-caliber weapons of the Armenian Armed Forces located near the villages of Boganis and Voskevan in the Noyemberyan region of Armenia. Enemy provocations were prevented, and the positions of the Armenian Armed Forces, which opened fire on our settlement and civilian vehicles, were silenced by retaliatory fire.".
On its part, the Armenian side said that at 19.00 on Monday "the Azerbaijani side launched a diversion penetration attempt on the Armenian positions in the Noyemberyan region of Tavush region. Due to the actions of the Armenian forces, the enemy was thrown back, the information about the losses is being clarified. The Armenian side has no casualties, as a result of the operations two soldiers were slightly injured. At the same time, the enemy targeted the villages of Baghanis and Voskevan, and a boy who was on the balcony was injured".
The State Border Service of Azerbaijan in a statement on Tuesday morning denied they had targeted civilian settlements.
Armenian media sources report that the boy who was injured in the incident is from the Voskevan and that he has a bullet wound to his chest. The boy has now been transferred to a hospital in Yerevan.
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