Azeri troops open fire at farmers in Artsakh

Three farmers in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) came under Azerbaijani gunfire while carrying out agricultural work in vineyards on Wednesday, the country’s authorities reported.

“On 15 March, at around 11:00am, the Martuni regional police department received a report that three citizens of Artsakh, who were trimming vineyards in the Amaras Valley, came under indiscriminate fire from small arms from adjacent Azerbaijani military positions,” the police said in a statement.

“As a result, agricultural work had to be suspended. Information about the incident was passed on to the Russian peacekeeping forces. There were no casualties,” it added.