大象传媒

Azerbaijan has continued its military offensive into a second day to establish full control of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Baku says it launched what it claims is an anti-terrorist operation in the disputed territory in response to the deaths of six people, including four police officers, in two landmine explosions on Tuesday morning.

Armenia denies it has any combat presence in the region and says thousands ethnic Armenians have been forced from their homes because of the fighting which followed months of a partial Azeri blockade of the enclave.

Azerbaijan and Armenia last went to war three years ago.

Air raid sirens then rang out and the sound of artillery and gunfire could be heard in Karabakh's main city.

An eyewitness in Karabakh's regional capital, Khankendi, known as Stepanakert by Armenians - described what he saw on Tuesday morning to Newsday.

"It's non-stop shelling. The air is becoming a pink colour... that's what's happening right now."

(Pic: Armenian Americans in New York demonstrate against Azerbaijan's action against the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave; Credit: Reuters)

Show less