28/07/2014 17:05
Azerbaijani saboteur who was neutralized in Karvachar buried in NKR
The Azerbaijani citizen, who attempted a subversive-reconnaissance raid in Karvachar direction of Nagorno Karabakh Republic and was neutralized during his capture and whose identity has not yet been established, was buried in the territory of NKR, Aysor.am was informed by Zara Amatuni, a program head at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Office in Yerevan.
“Representatives of the ICRC Office in NKR were present at his funeral. We went to NKR on Saturday and were present at the funeral that was held duly,” Ms. Amatuni said.
The two other members of the subversive-reconnaissance group – Shahbaz Guliev and Dilham Askerov were captured and taken into custody. A number of charges were brought against them.
On July 26 ICRC representatives visited them with the assistance of NKR authorities.
As was reported earlier, the police of Nagorno Karabakh said that on June 29, 2014 Azerbaijani citizens Shahbaz Guliev, 46, Dilham Askerov, 54 and a man whose identity was not established yet, illegally crossed the state border of NKR - all the three of them armed with weapons and ammunition - and infiltrated into Shahumian region of NKR to carry out reconnaissance.
On July 4 they kidnapped 17-year-old citizen of NKR Smbat Tsakanyan near Avsatagh village. The teen’s body was found on July 15 in the forest shelter belt of Karvachar and Manashid communities, Shahumian region. Tsakanyan’s body had gunshot wounds.
The criminal group’s member whose identity has not been established yet shot and killed out of ethnic hatred Yerevan resident Sargis Abrahamyan, 43, at 32nd kilometer of Vardenis-Karvachar road around 6 pm on July 11, while Ms. Karine Davtyan of Dzoragbyur village, Armenia’s Kotayk province, received a gunshot wound. The saboteur offered resistance during his detention and was neutralized.