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Azerbaijan says 14 people killed by shelling in Barda: RIA – Metro US

Azerbaijan says 14 people killed by shelling in Barda: RIA

Mourners attend a funeral following recent shelling in Garayusifli
Mourners attend a funeral following recent shelling in Garayusifli

BAKU (Reuters) – Fourteen civilians were killed on Wednesday and more than 40 wounded when Armenian armed forces shelled the Azeri town of Barda, RIA news agency citied Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General’s office as saying.

The Armenian defence ministry denied Azeri claims its forces had shelled the town.

(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova in Moscow; Writing by Margarita Antidze; Editing by Catherine Evans)