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Armenian artillery fire destroys 30 houses in Azerbaijan's Aghdam

28 April 2016 10:55 (UTC +04:00)

Aghdam’s emergencies commission has located the places hit by the shells and begun estimating the cost of the damage caused, APA's corrspondent reported.

Deputy head of Aghdam’s executive authority, Agha Zeynalov, said a total of 30 house are now useless, with 50 more damaged to varying extent.

“In the Chemenli village alone five houses are seriously damaged, one civilian is dead, and seven people have received shrapnel wounds. Along with the houses, gas, electricity, water and communication lines have also been damaged,” he said.

Chemenli villager Zeynab Shukurova says two artillery shells have completely destroyed her house, killing a horse and more than 30 heads of poultry in the yard. One head of cattle has been wounded.