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YEREVAN, MAY 11, ARMENPRESS. The Investigative Committee of Armenia has opened criminal proceedings over the Azerbaijani military’s criminal actions.
In a statement, the investigative body said that the Azerbaijani troops who breached the ceasefire and opened gunfire at Armenian positions on May 11 near Sotk were motivated by racial, ethnic and national hatred, intolerance and animosity and sought to murder the Armenian troops.
The criminal case was initiated on 4 counts under the articles concerning conspiracy to commit intolerance/hate/animosity-motivated murder of on-duty servicemen because of the latter’s duties, racial, national, ethnic or social background (Clause 1, 7, 8 and 15 of paragraph 2 of Article 44-155 of the Criminal Code).
“Relevant measures are taken to reveal circumstances of the case and give final legal assessments to the criminal actions of the Azerbaijani military servicemen,” the Investigative Committee said.
Four Armenian troops were wounded in the May 11 Azerbaijani attack.