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Prosecutor’s Office: Numerous injuries found on Artsakh citizen returned by Azerbaijan

News.am, Armenia
Sept 1 2021

STEPANAKERT. – On July 26, a resident—born in 1989—of Machkalashen village of the Martuni region of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), had come under the control of the Azerbaijani armed forces after getting lost while searching for his lost animals, and several hours after which he was returned to the Artsakh side—and with the intervention of Russian peacekeeping forces—, Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from the Artsakh Prosecutor's Office.

A forensic medical examination was ordered in connection with this incident, and this examination concluded that this Artsakh citizen had numerous bodily injuries that coincided with the circumstances behind and the time of this incident.

On August 26, a criminal case was initiated by the Artsakh Police—and under Article 118, Section 2, Clause 7 (torture committed on the motive of national hatred) of the Artsakh Criminal Code.

An investigation is underway.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS