Armenians starting fires in Khankendi to destroy archives: Azerbaijan

Armenians set fires, destroyed documents, material evidence, archives in various administrative buildings, Azerbaijan says

Ruslan Rehimov
BAKU

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs announced Friday that intentional fires were started by Armenians in Khankendi in the Karabakh region while administrative archives were also burned and destroyed.

It said all areas were kept under full control and observation after the anti-terrorist operation was carried out in Karabakh.

"It is observed that in the city of Khankendi, the opposing party deliberately set fires and destroyed documents, material evidence and archives in various administrative buildings," it said in a statement.

The Azerbaijani army launched an anti-terror operation in Karabakh on Sept. 19 to establish constitutional order.

Illegal Armenian armed forces in Karabakh laid down their weapons after an operation lasted about 24 hours.