Documents on murder of Azerbaijani hostages by Armenians read out in court

The Baku Military Court is holding another hearing on the criminal case of Armenian citizens accused of war crimes against Azerbaijan, Report informs. 

A number of documents was read out at the trial on September 12. One of the documents concerned the attack on a bus traveling along the Khojavand-Garadaghli road on January 12, 1991.

The bus, driven by Kamal Rahimov, a resident of the Khojavand district, with 25-30 passengers from the village of Khojavand in the cabin, was fired upon by Armenians from firearms of various calibers on the 6th km of the Khojavand-Kish-Garadagli road.

Another document concerned the murder of Farana Nazarova on January 28, 1991, who was killed from a firearm in the village of Khojavand.

Another document stated that on January 29, 1991, a resident of the same village, 7th grade student Azer Mammadov was wounded in the stomach as a result of shelling from the city of Khojavand while playing with his peers on the street. Another document stated that on February 15, 1991, Jamal Nabiyev was shot from a distance of 40-50 m on a mountain road on a pass near the village of Buzlug.

Another document was related to the fact of shelling a bus with explosive devices and automatic weapons on February 24, 1991 on the 99th km of the Yevlakh-Lachin highway in the eastern part of the city of Khankandi. The bus was driven by the driver of the Shusha motor transport enterprise.

Several civilians received injuries of varying severity, and the bus was disabled. A document was also made public about the murder of an employee of the Agdam District Police Department, Gorkhmaz Muradov, who was taken hostage by Armenians on February 25, 1991 and killed the next day with a firearm in the village of Hajili (Khasly) in the Khojavand district.