Even the Flag Was Targeted, It Was Completely Pierced: Resident of Yeraskh

“My son also works there; he was at the workplace at that moment,” said a local resident during a conversation with reporters today. Responding to the journalists' observation that no one was working today, the resident replied that everyone had left the factory out of fear.

“There should be negotiations, no one is there at the moment; if they go, the shooting will start again. I have heard the gunfire, the sounds, the screams. I thought that someone must have been hurt, because the sounds of bullets were heard—one on the roof, one on the wall; they even targeted the flag, it was completely pierced, they just changed it today. There was continuous shooting for about three to four hours. All the factory workers were gathered here; they were not panicked, but it was dangerous; how could they stay and work?” the resident of Yeraskh recounted.