Azerbaijan slams Armenia for shooting at civilians during wedding ceremony

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2 By Seba Aghayeva – Trend: Armenia bears responsibility to international community for grossly violating the international humanitarian law, the head of the press service of Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend Sept. 2. “Armenian military’s firing from Azerbaijan’s occupied territories at civilians taking part in a wedding ceremony in Terter district’s Gapanli village and as a result wounding three people, including a small child, is another gross violation of international humanitarian law principles by Armenia,” he said. On Sept. 1 Armenian armed forces opened fire at a wedding tent in the Terter district of Azerbaijan, as a result three people got wounded. Hajiyev said international humanitarian law prohibits deliberate attacks on civilians during armed conflicts. Under international humanitarian law, such deliberate acts of Armenian armed forces are war crimes, he added. “This proves once again that Armenia is absolutely far from fulfilling its commitments,” said Hajiyev. Edited by SI Story still developing Follow us on Twitter @TRENDNewsAgency