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New strikes on main Karabakh city Stepanakert: AFP

STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan, Oct 4, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – New strikes followed by explosions on Sunday rocked Stepanakert, the main city of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, as clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces raged for a week.

In Stepanakert, an AFP team on the ground reported several explosions. Azerbaijani authorities said they took “retaliatory measures” after rocket fire by Armenian separatists from Stepanakert.

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