(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 4. The Military
Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan has initiated a criminal case
over mass graves discovered in the Edilli village of Khojavand
district, under articles 115.4, 120.2.1, 120.2.7, and 120.2.12 of
the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the country's
Prosecutor General's Office told .
The investigation established that during the first Karabakh
war, the armed formations of the illegal Armenian separatist regime
and the Armenian armed forces grossly violated the international
humanitarian law principles, including the requirements of Article
17 of the Geneva Convention of August 12, 1949. As many as 25
prisoners of war, presumably Azerbaijani soldiers, were killed and
buried by Armenians in the Edilli village of Khojavand district in
1993.
During the investigation in the Edilli village, the remains of
seven people were found on February 23-26, 2022, while the remains
of 18 people were discovered on September 14-30, 2022. The remains
were sent for molecular genetic testing.
Resident of Azerbaijan's Fuzuli district Shamsi Shikhaliyev, who
was being subjected to various tortures by Armenia from August 28,
1993 to December 14, 1994, was recognized as a witness in the
criminal case.
The investigation is currently underway.
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