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System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian has called for sanctions against Azerbaijan and its President Ilham Aliyev following the latest escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

Armenia’s Defense Ministry said Azerbaijani troops deployed near the Armenian village of Tegh, inside Armenian sovereign territory that they seized two weeks ago, opened fire at Armenian soldiers conducting engineering work there late on Tuesday afternoon.

It said the fighting in southern Syunik Province began at around 4 p.m. local time and lasted at least through 5:30 p.m., with Azerbaijani forces firing mortar rounds at Armenian positions. The Armenian militray returned fire.

Four Armenian soldiers were killed and six wounded in the Azerbaijani attack, the ministry said.

“Azerbaijan shooting at Armenian positions within Armenia,” Tankian wrote on Facebook, adding “sanctionazerbaijan” and “#sanctionaliyev” hashtags