Azerbaijan claims Armenian military launched deadly missile strike

Azerbaijani soldiers and firefighters try to save survivors from destroyed houses in a residential area in Ganja (AP)

Azerbaijan officials have accused Armenia of striking its second-largest city with a ballistic missile, killing at least 13 civilians and wounding 50 others in an escalation of their conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The Armenian defence ministry has denied launching the strike, but the separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh listed alleged “legitimate” military facilities in the city of Ganja – although they stopped short of claiming responsibility for the attack.