August 22, 2012 - 10:52 AMT
Gas pipeline damaged in Azeri shelling of Armenian border villages

Azerbaijani army units shelled Armenia’s Tavush province border villages (Aygepar, Nerkin Karmiraghbyur and Movses) on August 21 night, Aygepar and Nerkin Karmiraghbyur village administration heads said.

As Andranik Aidinyan and Manvel Kamendatyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Azeri shelling started August 21, 9 pm local time, with the roofs and the pipeline of Karmiraghbyur and Movses villages damaged.

Fortunately, the villagers managed to turn the gas off in time.

No official notice has been given on the incident.