Minister of State of Artsakh Gurgen Nersisyan issued a statement saying: “Today, at around 10:00, an Azerbaijani subversive group penetrated the territory of the Republic of Artsakh and carried out an armed attack on the shift vehicle of the Police Passport and Visa Department, as a result of which 3 police officers were killed, one was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and is being treated under the doctors’ control.

Azerbaijan hastened to spread false information that the vehicle transporting weapons from the Republic of Armenia to Artsakh was allegedly neutralized by them. This is this is a blatant lie and another attempt to mislead, deceive, and falsify the reality for the international community. The police officers were traveling in a passenger car from the Artsakh side to our police station; there were no weapons, ammunition in the car at all.

Regarding the circumstances of the incident, the competent authorities of the Republic of Artsakh have irrefutable evidence, videos and photographs, which will be presented to the international audience through our Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the shortest possible time.

In recent days, the armed forces of Azerbaijan have shown activity in different directions of the contact line, targeted the cameras installed to ensure the security of our settlements, damaged or destroyed them.