Azerbaijan is building a wall to protect its citizens from Armenian snipers at the Nagorno-Karabakh contact line, 1news.az reports.
The wall will be 3 meters tall. It is a necessary measure to protect the population from regular attacks of Armenian snipers. Construction started from the village of Ortagervend in the Agdamsky District, where 8-year old Fariz Badalov was killed 7 months ago. Chyragly Village Municipality head Gabil Abbasov said that 700 meters of wall had been built.
This will allow people to return. 24 out of 78 houses were abandoned due to sniper attacks.
A tragedy happened near the village of Alibeyli in the Tovuzsky District on July 14. A girl, Shamaliyeva Aygun Zireddin gyzy, born in 1998, was killed by a bomb. Her mother Shakhmaliyeva Elnara Mammedtagi gyzy, born in 1979, was injured.
Armenian forces opened fire at the village of Shikhlar in the Agdamsky District on March 8, 2011. 9-year old Fariz Badalov, born in 2002, was shot in the head.
