YEREVAN/BAKU, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The capital city of the Nagorno-Karabakh region Stepanakert was bombarded on Sunday morning, local media Armenpress reported.
The report said the Azerbaijani army "used the Polonez and Smerch multiple rocket launchers" during the attack.
The city had been repeatedly shelled ever since the outbreak of a new round of clashes on Sept. 27 along the contact line of the Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to the report.
Azerbaijan's Ganja city was shelled by the Armenian side on Sunday, said Hikmat Hajiyev, a presidential aide of Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Saturday night that a number of villages in the Nagorno-Karabakh region had been liberated by the Azerbaijani army.
Battles are still going on along the contact line of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, according to both sides.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at loggerheads over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh since 1988. Peace talks have been held since 1994 when a ceasefire was reached, but there have been occasional minor clashes. Enditem
