Azerbaijani troops opened fire today across the line of contact near the village of Karmir Shouka in Artsakh’s Martuni region, this according to Artsakh Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan.

Stepanyan, in a Facebook post, writes that Azerbaijani troops manly used small caliber arms and that the gunfire lasted for fifteen minutes.

Stepanyan writes that no human or material damage has been reported.

He writes that Azerbaijan thus continues its policy of intimidation that seeks to force Armenians to leave Artsakh.