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New strikes on main Karabakh city Stepanakert

  • 04 Oct 2020
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A shop is seen on fire following recent shelling in Stepanakert. Gor Kroyan/Reuters

New strikes followed by explosions on Sunday rocked Stepanakert, the main city of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, as clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces raged for a week.

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In Stepanakert, an AFP team on the ground reported several explosions. Azerbaijani authorities said they took "retaliatory measures" after rocket fire by Armenian separatists from Stepanakert.

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