Bombardment of Stepanakert | |
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Part of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War | |
Location | Stepanakert, |
Date | 27 September 2020 [1] (GMT+4) | – 9 November 2020
Attack type | Bombardment |
Deaths | 13[2] |
Injured | 51[2] |
Perpetrators | Azerbaijani Armed Forces |
4,258 buildings damaged throughout the course of the bombardment |
The bombardment of Stepanakert (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտի ռմբակոծություններ) began on September 27, 2020, the first day of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and lasted throughout the duration of the war. Stepanakert is the capital and largest city of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, and was home to 60,000 Armenians on the eve of the war.[3][4][5][6] Throughout the 6-week bombardment, international third parties consistently confirmed evidence of the indiscriminate use of cluster bombs and missiles by Azerbaijan against civilian areas lacking any military installations in Stepanakert; this was denied by Azerbaijan.[7][8] The prolonged bombardment forced many residents to flee, and the rest to take cover in crowded bomb shelters, leading to a severe outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city, infecting a majority of the remaining residents. [9][10] Throughout the course of the bombardment, 13 residents were killed, 51 were injured, and 4,258 buildings in the city were damaged.[11]
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