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The Azerbaijani servicemen are deliberately setting fire to lands privately owned by people and to lands in their immediate vicinity with intentional criminal acts of arson near Yeraskh, a village in Armenia’s Ararat Province, Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan said in a statement on Friday.

“Today, the Office of the Human Rights Defender received alarming calls that the Azerbaijani armed forces started shootings in the immediate vicinity of, and in the direction of Ararat Province’s Yeraskh village using small and large caliber weapons. The village is located at a distance of around 1 km from Azerbaijani positions.

“The shootings by the Azerbaijani military grossly violate the rights of residents in Yeraskh and neighboring villages.

“As a direct consequence of the fires, the residents of Yeraskh and neighboring villages are not able to conduct agricultural work. Moreover, the shootings and the fires set have destroyed the peace and normal life of people in Yeraskh especially,” the statement read.