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Following a failed sabotage infiltration attempted by Azerbaijani military in the direction of Armenian military posts in Noyemberyan community of Tavush Province, Azerbaijan’s respective services have launched an attack on Armenian social media groups, this time targeting the Noyemberyan military units.

Spokeswoman for the Armenian Defense Ministry Shushan Stepanyan took to Facebook on Tuesday to warn that Azerbaijanis spread disinformation in Armenian groups of Facebook though hacked or fake accounts of Armenians, alleging coronavirus has spread in military units and subdivisions of Noyemberyan involved in combat tasks.

“Such fake news is spread in different Armenian groups,” she said, sharing a post by the hacked account belonging to an Armenian user named Naira Gevorgyan on the Facebook group of Artsakh News.

The post alleges that 13 Armenian servicemen from a Noyemberyan military unit have been hospitalized with coronavirus after coming into contact with the driver of the military unit.

The fake news has already been removed by an admin of the group, the spokesperson said, asking social media users not to share such content and notify group admins immediately.

“Be vigilant and attentive,” Shushan Stepanyan added.