2020 Ganja missile attacks

Ganja missile attacks
Part of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
Ruins in Ganja after the attacks
Locations of the ballistic missile attacks First attack Second attack Third attack Fourth attack
Location	Ganja, Azerbaijan
Date	4 October 2020 8 October 2020 10 October 2020 17 October 2020 (GMT+4)
Attack type	Ballistic missile attack
Weapons	OTR-21 Tochka (first and second attacks) Scud missile (third and fourth attacks)
Deaths	32[1]
Injured	125
Perpetrators	Armenian Armed Forces Artsakh Defence Army

The Ganja ballistic missile attacks (Azerbaijani: Gəncə bombalanmaları) comprise four separate ballistic missile attacks on the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan, in October 2020, carried out by the Armenian military forces during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

The first attack took place on 4 October, killing one civilian and wounding over 30.^[2][3] The second attack occurred on 8 October; no casualties were reported.^[4] The third attack happened on 11 October. According to Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry, at least seven people died and 33 were injured, including children.^[5] The fourth attack occurred on 17 October. According to initial reports, fifteen civilians were killed and fifty-five injured in the attack.^[6][7] Infrastructure was also destroyed, including apartment blocks and other buildings, and vehicles.