(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 27. Four years have
passed since Azerbaijan's Barda district was once again subjected
to rocket attack by the Armenian armed forces during the Second
Karabakh War, Trend reports.
The Armenian forces once again shelled Garayusifli village in
Barda, located outside the frontline zone, with Smerch rockets on
October 27, 2020.
As a result, civilians Ofeliya Jafarova, Aybaniz Ahmadova,
Ehtiram Ismayilov, Aysu Isgandarova and Almaz Aliyeva (born in
2013) became martyrs, and 13 more people were injured.
The rocket fire completely destroyed several residential houses
and caused significant damage to the villagers.
During the Second Karabakh War, Barda district and city center
were subjected to rocket and artillery fire by Armenian armed
forces three times (October 5, 27, and 28). As a result, 29 people
became martyrs, 112 were wounded, and vehicles and civilian
infrastructure facilities located in the area were significantly
damaged.
In light of this fact, the General Prosecutor's Office of
Azerbaijan initiated criminal proceedings under articles 120.2.1
(premeditated murder by an organized criminal community), 120.2.4
(premeditated murder with particular cruelty or in a generally
dangerous way), 120.2.12 (premeditated murder with intent to incite
national, racial, religious enmity, or hatred), 100.2 (waging a war
of aggression), and other articles of the Criminal Code of
Azerbaijan.
A preliminary investigation was entrusted to the Investigation
Department of the Prosecutor's Office.
In total, during the war that began on September 27, 2020 and
lasted 44 days, as a result of the military aggression of the armed
forces and illegal armed groups of Armenia against Azerbaijan, 93
civilians were killed (including 54 men, 27 women and 12 children),
and 444 people were injured (including 268 men, 109 women and 67
children).
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