The moments of the Armenian missile attack in Azerbaijan’s Barda city were caught on a CCTV camera in a shop on Wednesday.
CIVILIANS WERE SEEN TRYING TO ESCAPE BOMBS
The video shows civilians in the store trying to escape bombs, some entering the shop as well an injured man falling and lying at the entrance without moving.
The cluster bombs, which are prohibited by international law, were fired at around 1:00 p.m. local time [0900GMT] targeting the densely populated area with commercial establishments in Barda, Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement.
Cameras capture Armenian attacks against civilians in Azerbaijan WATCH
Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the Azerbaijani president said on Twitter that Armenian forces “used cluster munitions to inflict excessive casualties among civilians” in Barda, adding “It is policy of state terror by Armenia.”
“Following missile attacks to Tartar, armed forces of Armenia firing rockets to Barda. No lessons learned from yesterday’s killing of civilians with cluster weapons. Armenia must end its military occupation and #WarCrimes,” Hajiyev said. He also said that Armenia once again used the Russian Smerch missiles causing civilian casualties.