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Oct 17, 2020

Azerbaijan Says 12 Civilians Killed in Ganja City Shelling

Max Zimmerman and Sara Khojoyan, Bloomberg News

GANJA, AZERBAIJAN - OCTOBER 17: Search and rescue teams work on the blast site hit by a rocket during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on October 17, 2020 in Ganja, Azerbaijan. Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continued for a second day Monday, with both sides accusing the other of strikes on civilian settlements. The heart of the conflict is the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is legally considered to be part of Azerbaijan but largely populated by ethnic Armenians who declared independence in 1991. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Getty Images) Photographer: Aziz Karimov/Getty Images Europe , Photographer: Aziz Karimov/Getty Images Europe

(Bloomberg) -- Azerbaijan said that 12 people were killed and more than 40 were seriously injured after a missile hit the city of Ganja.

The foreign affairs ministry suggested in a post on Twitter that Armenia was responsible for the shelling. The two countries have been fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh since late September.

Armenia didn’t fire any missile toward Azerbaijan, according to Armenian Defence Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan.

The Azeri foreign affairs ministry said two minors were among the dead. A Facebook post from the country’s General Prosecutor’s Office said missiles hit a civilian settlement in the city.