NKR DEFENSE MINISTRY REFUTES REPORTS BY AZERBAIJANI AGENCY REGARDING ‘KILLED WOMAN’

ArmInfo
2009-12-21 10:57:00

ArmInfo. The Nagorny Karabakh Republic Defense Ministry has refuted
the reports by Azerbaijani APA agency regarding the woman allegedly
killed on the contact-line.

"The report does not meet reality," Senor Asratyan, NKR Defense
Ministry Spokesman, told ArmInfo. Thus, APA reported that "on December
20, an Armenian woman of fifties intended to pass to the territory
controlling by the Azerbaijani Army in the Aghdam direction of the
contact line between the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops: ceasefire
regime was violated at that moment and the woman was shot dead." The
agency reports the Azerbaijani soldiers examined her body and didn’t
find any identity documents." The second part of the report makes
the first part groundless. "The woman crossed the contact line from
the territory controlling by the Armenian army trying to approach the
positions of Azerbaijani Army. She disobeyed the order of Azerbaijani
soldiers," the Azerbaijani agency reported drawing a conclusion that
"Probably the Armenian woman was shot dead by the Armenian soldiers."

This report meets APA’s style implying maximum sensation and minimum
probability.