Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan says 12 civilians killed by shelling in Ganja

Rescuers pull men, women and children out of rows of houses turned to rubble in latest escalation of conflict

Azerbaijan has said at least 12 people have died after shelling levelled a row of homes in the city of Ganja, with 40 more wounded in a sharp escalation of the conflict with Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Azeri prosecutor general's office said that two shells hit apartment buildings in the country's second largest city. There has been no official reaction from Armenia as yet.