(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Details added,first version posted 10:58
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 27. Azerbaijan's
Prosecutor General's Office issued a statement in connection with
missile attacks committed by Armenians on Barda city in 2020,
reports
citing the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan.
'Armenian Armed Forces, violating the norms and principles of
international law, Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional
Protocols, the demands for a humanitarian ceasefire achieved during
the Second Karabakh War that began on September 27, 2020, amid
their own crushing defeats on the battlefield, inflicted strikes on
civilian infrastructure facilities in cities and regions of
Azerbaijan located far from the conflict zone and the frontline
zone - on residential buildings, hospitals, other medical centers,
school buildings, kindergartens, administrative buildings of state
institutions, agricultural land using various types of weapons,
ballistic missiles, including prohibited artillery,' said the
statement.
'Thus crimes against humanity and peace were committed, war
crimes, including the killing of civilians, large-scale damage was
caused to the civilian population, state property, infrastructure
facilities, business entities. Armenian Armed Forces launched the
first missile attack on Barda city located outside the combat zone
on October 5, 2020, as a result of which two people were killed and
seven injured. The second missile attack was launched on October 8,
2020, eight civilians were injured. On October 27, 2020 Garayusifli
village of Barda district was subjected to a missile attack as a
result of which five people were killed, including one child, and
14 people were injured, including seven children,' the statement
said.
The goal of the military-political leadership of Armenia, when
striking at the densely populated areas was to kill as many people
as possible.
Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan appealed to
international organizations, and the world community to ensure the
rule of international law by taking measures of legal
responsibility against Armenia, which committed crimes against
peace and humanity, as well as war crimes that resulted in the
killing of the civilian population of Azerbaijan.
'Prosecutor General's office of Azerbaijan condemns crimes
against peace and humanity and honors the memory of those who died
with deep sorrow!' the statement said.
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