Protesters on Yerevan demand PM's resignation

Описание: (19 Sep 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yerevan, Armenia - 19 September 2023
1. Women on steps holding up signs
2. Various of crowd trying to rush entrance, police holding perimeter
3. Various of crowd
4. Police looking as crowds chants "Nikol is a traitor!"
5. Mid of crowd, Armenian flag being waved

STORYLINE:
Protests broke out in Armenia's capital city of Yerevan after the latest escalation in the Nagorno-Kharabakh region.

Protesters gathered in front of the Armenian government building calling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan a "traitor" and demanding the protection of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh from Azerbaijan's military aggression.

Azerbaijan’s forces opened fire on Armenian positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in what Azerbaijan is calling an “anti-terrorist operation."

Ethnic Armenian officials are reporting heavy shelling around their region's capital.

At least three civilians on both sides have been reported killed, and 23 were wounded.

The Azerbaijan defence ministry says the operation began Tuesday hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The reports have raised concerns that a full-scale war over the region could resume between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which fought heavily for six weeks in 2020.

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