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Four Armenian women died in Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday (12 August) when the car they were in was involved in a traffic accident with another car that was driven by a local employee of the Russian military contingent in Karabakh.
The incident happened at about 08:45 local time on the Stepanakert-Askeran Road. The driver of the car in which the four women were travelling was hospitalised. The four women were all in their fifties.
The local authorities have opened an investigation in the case.