BREAKING: Shots fired from Azeri territory at Syunik airport hours after PM Pashinyan’s arrival

YEREVAN, AUGUST 18, ARMENPRESS. Shots were fired on August 18 from the territory of Azerbaijan in the direction of the "Syunik" airport in Kapan, the National Security Service of Armenia (NSS) said in a statement Friday.

“At 04:24 a.m., August 18, three shots were fired by an unknown person, who came to the adjacent territory of the Syunik airport of Kapan in Syunik Province on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border line, on an unknown vehicle, in the direction of Kapan’s Syunik airport who then left the area. Two bullets damaged the airport’s window and roof. We call upon the Azerbaijani authorities to conduct a proper investigation into the incident and take measures to rule out the repetition of such incidents. The NSS Border Guard of Armenia is ready for a joint investigation and can relay the respective footage to the Azerbaijani side,” the NSS said in a statement.

The shooting happened hours after a plane carrying Prime Minister Pashinyan landed in Kapan on August 17.