Situation around Artsakh rather tense - opposition MP

ArmInfo. The situation around Artsakh is rather tense, Tigran Abrahamyan, a member of the  opposition parliamentary faction With Honor, wrote in a Facebook post. 

"For the public to realize the threats posed by Azerbaijan's attack  on March 5, I would like to draw their attention to the fact to one  important fact. The place where the Artsakh police officers were  attacked, Khaipalu, is located straight 1.5km of Shushi. Khaipalu is  located straight 3km of Armenavan, a suburb of Stepanakert. The  epicenter of the encounter is located straight about 5.5km from the  Stepanakert stadium.  

"I am wiring this for our fellow-countrymen who are not informed of  the physical features of an area, which is an important factor for  them to understand that the dangerous zone is on Stepanakert's  doorstep, and any problem will open a direct way to the Artsakh  capital," the MP writes.

Azerbaijan is dissatisfied with the assault results. "I am saying it  not to intimidate you, but for us not only to monitor the enemy's  movement and actions, but also to prevent it, which is possible," Mr  Abrahamyan writes.  

The Artsakh Information Center released footage of the incident  showing how the Azerbaijani group approached that road and the police  vehicles, which was en route to Stepanakert.

After killing the police officers, the Azerbaijani troops retreat to  their positions, incurring losses.

The video then shows Russian peacekeepers arriving at the site of the  incident. The Azerbaijani side then retrieves the bodies of its  soldiers with the mediation of the Russian side.  .  The killed  officers were identified as Armen Babayan, David Danielyan and Ararat  Gasparyan.

Another officer, David Hovsepyan, received a gunshot wound in the  chest and was taken to the Republican Medical Center.

"We are extending our deep condolences to the relatives of our three  killed fellow-countrymen," reads a message by the Artsakh InfoCenter.