STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Shant TV cameraman Davit Atoyan was wounded after his crew was fired at by Azerbaijani forces at the northern direction of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact (LoC) at around 6 p.m. on May 10. According to the television company, Azerbaijani forces fired at a vehicle carrying the crew with large-caliber weaponry.
Shant TV cameraman Davit Atoyan was wounded after his crew was fired at by Azerbaijani forces at the northern direction of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan LoC. (Photo: Shant TV)
Atoyan was rushed to a military hospital in Stepanakert.
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense has since admitted to the shooting, reported the Azerbaijan-based Haqqin.az news agency. “The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan announced that the [Azerbaijan military] divisions opened fire in response to the shooting of Azerbaijani positions, from Armenia Armed Forces’ covert vehicle that had no distinctive sign of media, or a civic organization, and presumably belonged to Armenian Shant TV,” read the report.
The Artsakh Ministry of Defense released a statement announcing that an investigation of the incident is underway.