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The decades-long conflict worsened on Sunday (Artur Widak / Getty)
Two French journalists and two Armenian journalists were injured today, Thursday, in Nagorno Karabakh, where Armenian and Azerbaijani forces are waging the fiercest fighting in decades, in the largely Armenian region, which declared its separation from Azerbaijan during the dissolution of the Union Soviet in the 1990s.
The French daily “Le Monde” reported that two of its journalists were injured in the morning bombing of the town of Martoni. And the Armenian Foreign Ministry stated that they were taken to hospital, accusing Azerbaijan of bombing the region.
In addition, a cameraman working for “Armenia TV” and a reporter for the “24 News” channel were injured in the bombing of the city of Martoni, according to Armenian officials.
The Lebanese channel LBCI said its team, consisting of Edmond Sassine and Paul Bou Aoun, “survived the bombing of the Azerbaijani forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.”
In a channel report, correspondent Edmond Sassen said journalists, including Russian, French and independent journalists, were touring the town of Martoni when the continuous shelling began for more than two hours. He noted that a state of terror was generated among the journalists, who rushed to take refuge in a shelter with civilians.
The Associated Press reported that a Russian journalist working for the independent television channel Dozhd arrived safely at a bomb shelter.
The decades-long conflict escalated on Sunday, with the two sides exchanging heavy gunfire and blaming each other for the outbreak of violence. Reports confirmed the deaths of nearly 100 people in the recent clashes, with each side saying it caused heavy losses to the other.
International pressure for a ceasefire is mounting, amid fears of an escalation of the conflict and the outbreak of open warfare attracting regional powers such as Russia and Turkey.
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