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At 10:55 a.m. on May 5, Artsakh’s Askeran regional police department received a report that in the administrative area of Vardadzor village, when A. Vahanyan was doing agricultural work with a tractor, Azerbaijani servicemen opened fire from their combat positions in his direction, the Police of the Ministry of Interior of Artsakh informed.
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According to the source, the report was handed over to the Russian peacekeeping troops.
Politics
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