Hundreds of people have died in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after nearly two weeks of heavy fighting.
Armenia accused Azerbaijan on Thursday of shelling a historic cathedral in the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where hundreds of people have been killed in nearly two weeks of heavy fighting.
The Holy Savior Cathedral, also known as the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, suffered interior and exterior damage, according to the state-run Armenian Unified Infocenter. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry denied attacking the cathedral, saying that its army “doesn’t target historical, cultural, especially religious buildings and monuments.”
Armenian media reports said some children were inside the cathedral in the town of Shusha at the time of the shelling, and although they were not wounded, they suffered from stress after the attack.Built in the 19th century, the cathedral suffered significant damage during ethnic violence in 1920. It was restored after fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the 1990s and is part of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
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