Construction site of U.S.-affiliated steel producer in Armenia targeted by Azeri military in heavy cross-border shooting
The construction site of a steelworks owned by a U.S.-affiliated company in the Armenian village of Yeraskh came under heavy Azeri cross-border gunfire over the weekend, ARMENPRESS reports.
In a statement released Monday, GTB Steel, the company building the steel mill, said that the Azeri forces even targeted the site accommodation of workers.
“The Azerbaijani Armed Forces, from August 25 to 27, fired high intensity, unprecedented number of shots in the direction of the plant which is under construction in Yeraskh, and also targeted the workers' site accommodation. More than 60 shots were fired,” GTB Steel said in the statement.
The construction site of the steel mill was targeted by the Azeri forces many times before. During one particular cross-border shooting on June 14, the Azeri forces shot and wounded two Indian construction workers. On June 15, the U.S. State Department said Washington was “deeply concerned” that two civilian workers of the U.S.-affiliated company sustained injuries from “gunfire from the direction of Azerbaijan.”
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