Armenian citizen Ani Avetisyan, whose children were targeted by an Azerbaijani soldier who entered their home in Shaki village, Syunik Province, gave an interview in which she said: “If I hadn’t fought back, we wouldn’t be alive.” “I went forward and saw that he was pointing the gun at the children. I moved closer, and he saw me and pointed it at me. He fired once but missed. I moved forward at that moment... He aimed at my son to shoot him. I blocked him with my hand and injured it. Then he threw me onto the bed and started hitting me. That’s when I started fighting back. I told my daughter to go and open the gate. I also tried to get my son out, but he wouldn’t leave. At that moment, he pointed the gun at my chest to shoot me. I forcefully pushed the gun down, and the bullet hit my leg. By then, I had already fallen. Even while I was on the ground, he tried to shoot me again. He realized there were no bullets in the automatic rifle, or something like that, and tried to reload it. He took the cartridges and reloaded the gun, then somehow let his guard down and ran away. The children said, ‘Mom, he’s running away’... After that, my aunt arrived, and the police came about five minutes later,” Ani told Radio Liberty’s Armenian Service. She also said that she did not even realize that the person who had broken into her home was Azerbaijani. He did not utter a single word during the entire struggle.