Azeris Killed in Deadliest Clash With Armenia Amid Clinton Visit
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Five Azeri soldiers were killed in a border clash with Armenian soldiers in the deadliest incident between the neighbors in four years as visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned of risks of a regional conflict.
The servicemen were killed while repelling an attack by an Armenian “saboteur” squad in the western Qazax district early today, Teymur Abdullayev, a spokesman for the Azeri Defense Ministry, said by phone. Armenia’s Defense Ministry said three soldiers were killed yesterday by an “invading” Azeri group.