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Azerbaijan says 14 people killed by shelling in Barda: RIA

Azerbaijan says 14 people killed by shelling in Barda: RIA

By Reuters

A volunteer soldier holds his Kalashnikov weapon as he rests near a front line at a military base during a military conflict in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. Photo: AP

BAKU: Fourteen civilians were killed on Wednesday and more than 40 wounded when Armenian armed forces shelled the Azeri town of Barda, RIA news agency cited Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General's office as saying. The Armenian defence ministry denied Azeri claims its forces had shelled the town.