Armenia hands over human remains to Azerbaijan - Military Prosecutor's Office
Date
2/21/2022 7:27:24 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 21
By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend:
So far Armenia has handed over the remains of 147 people to
Azerbaijan, Head of the Special Investigations Department at the
Military Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan Emil
Taghiyev told Trend .
According to him, since the bodies were buried in mass graves
during the First Karabakh War, the remains were in a mixed
state.
The head of the department noted that the returned remains were
distributed, their examination was conducted with the participation
of a forensic medical expert, and appropriate molecular genetic
testing was assigned to the identification.
'During the First Karabakh War, 3,890 Azerbaijani citizens went
missing. Biological samples taken from family members of the
missing are used to identify the remains,' Taghiyev said.
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