STEPANAKERT, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS. The Nagorno Karabakh authorities said the Azerbaijani sabotage team that ambushed a Nagorno Karabakh police vehicle suffered casualties and was repelled.

The Azerbaijani attack was repelled by joint self-defense actions and countermeasures taken by the police officers together with Defense Army troops who were stationed in an adjacent outpost.

“As reported earlier, three police officers were killed and another officer was injured as a result of an attack by an Azerbaijani military sabotage team on an on-duty police vehicle of the Passport and Visa Department of the Police of Nagorno-Karabakh around 10:00 this morning. The Azerbaijani side is spreading fake information claiming that the vehicle was being used to transport weapons from Armenia to Artsakh. Whereas not only no weapons were being transported, furthermore the police officers were en route from Stepanakert to their shift station. The pictures show the scene and the damaged, empty vehicle. It is necessary to underscore that the Azerbaijani side also suffered casualties and was repelled to its initial positions as a result of the self-defense and suppressive actions by the police officers and Defense Army servicemembers stationed in an adjacent position,” reads a statement issued by the police of Nagorno Karabakh.

The pictures released by the police show Russian peacekeepers inspecting the bullet-sprayed vehicle.

The Foreign Ministry of Armenia branded the March 5 attack by Azerbaijani military forces in Nagorno Karabakh as “terrorism”.

The Nagorno Karabakh authorities also released a video showing the Azeri attack.