A mass grave was found in a village in Karabakh, Azerbaijani experiences stated Wednesday.
The mass grave, the place the stays of 4 folks have been discovered, was found within the Sarıcalı village of the Aghdam district, in keeping with state news company Azertac.
The victims have been uncovered throughout mine clearance operations within the area, Azertac reported citing the press service of the nation’s General Prosecutor’s Office.
Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons has begun work figuring out the stays and looking for extra which will but be found.
Another mass grave was found in the identical village in Aghdam final 12 months.
The Karabakh area has been the location of mass killings and burials for the reason that First Karabakh War within the early Nineties, amongst which essentially the most notable has been the Khojaly bloodbath by Armenian forces.
A two-hour Armenian offensive in town of Khojaly killed 613 Azerbaijani residents — together with 106 ladies, 63 kids, and 70 aged folks — and significantly injured 487 others, in keeping with Azerbaijani figures.
Some 150 of the 1,275 Azerbaijanis that the Armenians captured throughout the bloodbath stay lacking, whereas eight households have been fully worn out.
Relations between the 2 former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian army occupied Nagorno-Karabakh — a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan, and 7 adjoining areas, together with Agdam.
In the autumn of 2020 in 44 days of combating, Azerbaijan liberated a number of cities, villages and settlements from Armenian occupation. The Russian-brokered peace settlement is well known as a triumph in Azerbaijan.
Source: www.dailysabah.com