(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, June 3. State Commission on
Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons of Azerbaijan has
information about the presence of several graves in different
places in the city of Shusha, deputy head of the commission's
working group Eldar Samadov told reporters, trend's Karabakh bureau
reports.
"We are conducting investigations in this regard. Citizens of
Azerbaijan captured and taken hostage were kept here in inhuman
conditions during the occupation of the city of Shusha [by Armenia
in 1992]," Samadov said.
"According to our data, 360 Azerbaijanis were held captive and
hostage during the occupation. Of these, 216 people were released
as a result of the work carried out by the state commission. The
fate of the rest is still unknown," he noted.
Earlier, one of such graves has been found, and Samadov said
that this grave may contain the remains of four people, yet
unidentified.
"By the instructions of the chairman of the State Commission,
Ali Naghiyev, a group of specialists will be sent here, excavations
will continue in this area," he added.
Previously, as a result of the relevant search activities, the
mass graves were also found in the villages of Dashalty (Shusha
district), Edilli (Khojavand district), Sirkhavend (Aghdam
district), as well as Farrukh village (Khojaly district), and other
areas.
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