The explosion occurred as residents were lining up to get fuel for their cars in order to leave after Azerbaijan’s swift military operation to fully reclaim the breakaway region.
Armenia’s government said Tuesday morning that more than 13,500 people — about 12% of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population — have fled to Armenia this week.
While Azerbaijan has pledged to respect the rights of ethnic Armenians in the region and restore supplies after a 10-month blockade, many local residents feared reprisals and decided to leave. Moscow said that Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh were assisting the evacuation. Some 700 people remained in the peacekeepers’ camp there by Monday night.
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