Azerbaijan's Court Holds Next Hearing Of Detained Armenian War Criminal
Date
10/24/2023 2:23:21 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 24. A regular court
session on the criminal case of Vagif Khachatryan, accused of
committing genocide in the village of Meshali in Azerbaijan's
Khojaly district, committed by members of Armenian illegal armed
groups, will be held today, Trend reports.
Zeynal Agayev, the chairman of the Baku Military Court, will
preside over today's court session.
The rapporteur on the criminal case is Judge Jamal
Ramazanov.
In past trials, a court investigation was initiated, and the
prosecutor announced the indictment. Then the accused and victims
of the case were questioned in court.
Armenian citizen Vagif Khachatryan, who is on the international
wanted list in connection with the Meshali genocide, was detained
at the Lachin border checkpoint in July this year.
In December 1991, the criminal group, of which he was a member,
killed 25 Azerbaijanis, wounded 14 people, and expelled 358
Azerbaijanis from their legal place of residence in Meshali village
in Khojaly district.
In connection with the emergence of sufficient grounded
suspicions, a decision was made to bring Vagif Khachatryan as an
accused under Articles 103 (genocide) and 107 (deportation or
forced resettlement of the population) of the Criminal Code of the
Republic of Azerbaijan.
A measure of restraint in the form of detention was chosen
against him.
About 59 people were recognized as victims in the criminal
case.
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