Two Indian workers wounded in Azerbaijani shooting targeting Armenian village construction site

YEREVAN, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS. The two foreign nationals wounded in the latest Azerbaijani shooting attack in Armenia are construction workers from India, authorities announced.

The two Indian nationals were working at the construction site of the steelworks (metallurgical plant) in Yeraskh when it came under Azerbaijani cross-border gunfire.

The two victims were identified by the Defense Ministry as Indian citizens Muhammad Asif and Mirhasan Sahajan.

The steelworks in Yeraskh is being built with foreign investments.

The healthcare ministry reported that the two Indian nationals are in moderate condition.

"Today, two Indian citizens Muhammad Asif and Mirhasan Sahajan, who were involved in the construction works of the plant, were wounded in the wake of the Azerbaijani fire in the direction of the metallurgical plant being built with the measures of foreign investments in Yeraskh," the Ministry of Defense said in a statement posted on Facebook.