12 civilians killed & over 40 injured after missile hit city of Ganja in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's foreign affairs ministry suggested that Armenia was responsible for the shelling. The two countries have been fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Search and rescue teams work on the blast site hit by a rocket during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on 17 October 2020 in Ganja, Azerbaijan | Photo by Aziz Karimov/Getty Images via 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.

❗️#Armenia’s another heinous missile attack on #Ganja city of #Azerbaijan. 12 civilians killed, including 2 minors, more than 40 seriously injured. Rescue operations continue.
This is #CrimeAgainstHumanity!#StopArmenianAggression#StopKillingCivilians#PrayForGanja

— MFA Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 (@AzerbaijanMFA) October 17, 2020

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. – Bloomberg