Baku Today

Azerbaijani Soldier Released from Armenian Captivity

Baku Today 19/07/2004 18:15

A soldier of the Azerbaijani army, Aydin Huseynov, 19, was released
from the Armenian captivity on Monday, ANS reported.

Huseynov, who had been kept in Nagorno-Karabakh’s central town of
Khankendi (Stepanakert) since June 30, was handed to the Azerbaijani
side in a bridge near the occupied Qarvand village area of the Aghdam
District.

The soldier’s handover was carried out by a mediation of the
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Huseynov reportedly had been taken hostage while getting lost in the
south of Aghdam District because of a bad weather.
From: Baghdasarian