Two journalists from "World" injured in the fighting in Karabakh

An Armenian soldier fires an artillery piece at the end of September 2020 -

Battles continue to rage in Nagorno Karabakh, the breakaway Azerbaijani territory backed by Armenia.

This Thursday morning, two journalists from 

 were in the town of Martouni to cover the conflict when a bombardment broke out.

The journalist and the daily photographer were injured, the editorial director of Le Monde Luc Bronner told AFP, without giving further details.

A medical plane will be sent by France to repatriate the wounded, announced French President Emmanuel Macron upon arriving at a European summit in Brussels, providing support to journalists and their families.

“During the Azeri bombardments of civilian localities in Martouni, Artsakh, two French journalists from the daily

present there were injured.

They are transported to the city hospital, ”Armenia's Ambassador to France, Hasmik Tolmajian, told AFP.

“At the time of the bombardments, they were near the town hall of the town of Martouni.

They are seriously injured and are being operated on at the municipal hospital, ”she added.

Emmanuel Macron reacts

“Journalists are injured.

Since we know it, the Quai d'Orsay crisis center has been mobilized, as well as all of our capacities to be able, as quickly as possible, to organize repatriation, ”said Emmanuel Macron.

“A medical plane is ready to go as I speak to you.

We are doing everything to stabilize the wounded on the spot before allowing their evacuation.

We will obviously remain mobilized on this subject with the journalists, our teams on site, the teams in Paris, the newspaper

and the families, ”he continued.

According to the Armenian authorities, two Armenian journalists were also injured by the shelling.

Several journalists accompanied the local authorities in the town of Martouni to interview the population and observe the damage caused by the bombings, when the town was bombed again.

The journalists then dispersed.

"The attack lasted about a minute"

According to journalist Régis Genté, who was on site for RFI / France 24, journalists were observing the damage caused by a bombardment on a house when they heard "in the space of a second a rocket", "l 'attack lasted about a minute,' he told France 24.

The separatist territory of Nagorno Karabakh has been the scene of bloody clashes between Azerbaijan and separatist forces backed by Armenia for five days.

Nagorny Karabakh, mostly populated by Armenians, seceded from Azerbaijan, leading to a war in the early 1990s that left 30,000 dead.

The front has been almost frozen since despite regular clashes, especially in 2016.

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