(MENAFN- AzerNews) The investigation of the criminal case initiated by the
prosecutor's office of Azerbaijan on the facts of genocide,
deportation of people of Azerbaijani nationality, destruction and
damage to numerous property belonging to the state by members of
illegal Armenian armed groups on December 22, 1991 in the village
of Meshali, Khojaly region, continues, Azernews reports, citing the
press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan.
"The investigation established that on the specified date, a
citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan Vagif Cherkezovich
Khachaturyan (born in 1955), a native of the village of Badara,
Askeran region, who lived in this village and worked as a driver at
the city motor transport enterprise in Khankendi, together with
other persons of Armenian nationality, committed an armed attack in
Meshali village with the use of various weapons, including firearms
and infantry fighting vehicles, as a result of which 25 people of
Azerbaijani nationality were killed, 14 people received injuries of
varying severity, 358 people were forcibly evicted from their
places of legal residence.
In addition, Vagif Cherkazovich Khachaturyan, continuing joint
criminal actions with persons with whom he had previously colluded,
destroying and damaging property belonging to the state and
villagers, caused material damage in the total amount of 5,496,900
manats.
On November 12, 2013, a decision was made to bring Khachaturyan
Vagif Cherkezovich as a defendant under Articles 103 (genocide) and
107 (deportation or forced relocation of the population) of the
Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, but the investigation
did not know his whereabouts. By a court decision, a measure of
restraint in the form of arrest was chosen against him with an
announcement on the international wanted list.
As a result of search activities, on July 29, 2023, Vagif
Khachaturyan was detained by the servicemen of the State Border
Service of Azerbaijan at the Lachin BCP, located on the
Azerbaijani-Armenian state border, while trying to leave for the
Republic of Armenia for treatment through the International
Committee of the Red Cross.
Vagif Khachaturian will be provided with accommodation in a
medical facility in Baku, where he will be provided with the
necessary medical assistance, and conditions will be created for
visiting him by representatives of the ICRC.
Currently, the necessary operational and investigative measures
are being taken to bring other defendants to justice in the
criminal case.
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