YEREVAN, OCTOBER 2, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan is again striking against the capital of Artsakh, Stepanakert. The correspondent of ARMENPRESS heard the explosions. The situation is being clarified.

Human Rights Defender of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan wrote on his Twitter page that Azerbaijan fired three heavy artillery against Stepanakert. ''Azerbaijan just struck 3 times Stepanakert with heavy rockets. Seems residential buildings destroyed. Many casualties.'', he wrote. 

''URGENT CLARIFICATION ... 3 rockets landed in Stepanakert, residential buildings have been seriously damaged. There is clear information about injured civilians, but there is no confirmed information about victims'', Beglaryan wrote, adding that he had used the word ''casualties'', not ''victims''. 

''At the moment the strikes continue. air raid siren is still in force. We have no information about casualties, because we cannot abandon the shelters'', Director of Artsakh's Public Radio Ani Minasyan told ARMENPRESS. 

The correspondent of ARMENPRESS reports from Stepanakert that at the moment there are no strikes, and the air raid siren is over. 

The correspondent of ARMENPRESS reports from Stepanakert that air raid siren is again sounding. 

Correspondent of ARMENPRESS reports from Stepanakert that according to still unconfirmed information the Azerbaijani armed forces struck a building in front of the Stepanakert military hospital, damaging also the building of the hospital. 

Earlier today Azerbaijani forces fired Smerch rocket into Stepanakert, injuring dozens civilians.

Editing and translating by Tigran Sirekanyan