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2 March 2017 - 07:17 AMT

100 ceasefire violations by Azerbaijani units registered

More than 100 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani army were registered on the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh on March 1 and the night through March 2.

Azeri forces, in particular, used various caliber firearms to fire some 1200 shots.

Violations were especially intense in the eastern and northeastern sections of the contact line, where Azeri units employed 60- and 82-mm mortars, various caliber grenade launchers and TR-107 rocket launchers.

The Karabakh Defense Army forces continue controlling the situation on the contact line, retaliating in case of necessity.

A Karabakh contract soldier, Nver Babajanyan (b. 1980) received a lethal shrapnel wound in the Azerbaijani fire on March 1, at around 4:50pm.