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Today, a woman from Ganja, injured in a shelling attack, has died in a hospital. Thus, the death toll of the shelling attacks rose to 10. Meanwhile, the number of people injured as a result of the shelling attack on Ganja rose to 35. The authorities provided housing for city residents whose houses had been destroyed.

Two men killed by law enforcers in the Kizilyurt District were identified as residents of Khasavyurt, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan reports.

At night and this morning, an air raid alarm was heard in Stepanakert, and the city was shelled. Women, children, and elderly residents of the city are staying in shelters, while men are on the front lines or clear rubbles. Five residents of Nagorno-Karabakh were killed after the ceasefire had been announced, Artak Beglaryan, Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh, reported.

In the week of October 5-11, 2020, two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Armistice agreement, failing to stop combat actions in the Karabakh conflict zone; coronavirus infection spread statistics in the Caucasus; CTO in Chechnya, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 5-11, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The Dagestani police have posted a video from the scene of a shootout in which law enforcers killed two men tonight. Social network users have found the version of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) as unconvincing and demanded to provide evidence that the killed men were the first to open fire.

Despite the announced ceasefire, the situation in the Karabakh conflict zone remains tense; the Azerbaijani militaries have stopped an offensive operation in two directions, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today.

In Dagestan, the practice of selective abortions remains a problem, the employees of the republic's social organizations interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted. In their turn, demographers are sure that the ratio of the birth rate of boys and girls in Dagestan is within the biological norm.

Relatives of Said-Khusein Magomadov, who lives in Austria and criticizes Chechen authorities on his YouTube channel, have recorded a video message cursing the blogger. The video appeal was posted on the Instagram public "ChP Chechnya" on October 11.

The shelling of an apartment building in the centre of the city of Ganja killed nine civilians, including four women, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) reported on October 11.

The shootout in which law enforcers killed two suspected militants was the first in Chechnya since November 2018.

Fearing renewed shelling, residents of Stepanakert decided not to leave their shelters. Despite the ceasefire agreement in the conflict zone, sounds of missile attacks were heard in the city the whole night on October 11, they complained.

Despite the ceasefire in force, residents of Stepanakert are afraid to leave their bomb shelters for long. Authorities of Armenia and Azerbaijan must conclude a permanent armistice to completely end the fighting in the conflict zone, Stepanakert residents believe.

The problem of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) must be solved at the negotiating table, Instagram users have pointed out, condemning the victims on both sides of the conflict. Social network users from Chechnya, in spite of the video about sending of Chechens to NK, have stated that their fellow countrymen should not participate in the hostilities.

As a result of shelling on Saturday, there are destructions in the frontline dwelling settlements of Azerbaijan, local residents assert. Despite the decrease in shelling intensity, they don't trust the truce strength.

As a result of shelling of the Agdam District from the Armenian side, a resident of Chemenli village was killed, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has reported. The country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has claimed the repulsed attacks on Gadrut and Djebrail. The Armenian side reported about saboteurs who killed two residents of Gadrut while trying to enter the city.

The ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh offers a chance for a settlement, but does not guarantee a complete stop to the fighting, analysts believe.

His fellow party members have linked the detention of Ruslan Amirov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) with his political activities.

Azerbaijani authorities claim that, after the start of the armistice agreement, Armenian militaries have tried to attack in the Agdere-Terter and Fizuli-Djabrail directions. In its turn, the Armenian side accuses Azerbaijan of shelling Gadrut and an offensive in the southern direction of the front.

Nine persons from the Goranboy, Terter, Fizuli and Agdam Districts, which were subjected to intensive shelling, have been hospitalized with wounds, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed. Villages in the above frontline districts are shelled every day; to hide from shells; villagers have made dugouts, locals have explained.