Playing under a peaceful sky at last. Just two weeks ago, these children were hiding in bomb shelters. 15 year old macias says everything still feels like a bad dream. When on 19 september, azerbaijan launched its Military Offensive to establish full control over nagorno karabakh, he was at school in his hometown of martuni. Translation at around 2pm, we finished lessons at school. | i was On My Way Home with a friend. We heard loud banging. At first, i thought it was a military exercise. Then the explosions started to happen, one after another. We ran to the nearby Police Station to hide in the basement to save our lives. Macias is sheltering in the centre in the outskirts of goris with his parents, siblings and his aunt. Everyone here is traumatised by the violence and the sudden uprooting from their homes. We didnt imagine that all this would happen to us, says lucina, the mother of four. We have been abandoned, were alone, she says. The armenian authorities have provided temporary
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