An Azerbaijani man shot at an Armenian woman in front of three children. The woman defended herself. The village head provided details.
01-10-2026 17:28 Armenia Politics
azatutyun.am The National Security Service confirms that at 14:15 today, an Azerbaijani soldier entered the village of Shaki in the Syunik region and shot a citizen of Armenia in the leg. He has been arrested.
The village head of Shaki told "Azatutyun" that the victim is a local woman, and the incident occurred in the presence of her three children.
According to the NSS, two days ago, on September 29, the State Security Service of Azerbaijan informed the National Security Service of Armenia that a soldier from one of the Azerbaijani military units had left his place of duty under unknown circumstances.
"It cannot be ruled out that he may have illegally crossed the border of the Republic of Armenia. After that, the competent authorities of Armenia and Azerbaijan conducted appropriate search operations," the NSS reports.
It is unclear why the entry of the armed Azerbaijani soldier into Armenia could not be prevented in the preceding days or why he was not detected before he reached the rural settlement. It is also unclear whether the local population was warned about the escape of the armed Azerbaijani soldier and crossing the border of Armenia.
Today, according to the NSS, the police received a report about the gunshot.
"It has been established that the crime was committed by an Azerbaijani soldier, who has been arrested. The details of the incident have also been communicated to the Azerbaijani side. A criminal case has been initiated in the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia regarding the incident," the NSS reports.
According to the village head of Shaki, the life of the injured woman is not in danger: "When we arrived at the scene, we saw traces of blood, but the woman's life is not in danger."
According to Manucharyan, the man he saw was not in military uniform, but "in black pants and boots." "He had entered that woman's house, had come out of that woman's house, had fled, and he was also injured; we followed the traces of blood, when I say we went, I mean I went with the law enforcement groups, and they also neutralized him."
The village head of Shaki said that he noticed a stab wound on the man's chest, presumably inflicted by a knife.
* This text was automatically translated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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