APA, Azerbaijan
Jan 7 2010
ICRC representatives visit family of Tovuz resident captured by Armenians
[ 07 Jan 2010 15:38 ]
Baku ` APA. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) in Azerbaijan visited the family of Eldar Tagiyev,
resident of Alibeyli village of Tovuz region who was captured by
Armenian militants on December 28, 2009, ICRC spokeswoman in
Azerbaijan Gulnaz Guliyeva told APA. She said ICRC would keep
Tagiyev’s issue in the focus of its attention. `We have standard
working principles. We will try to visit him and to see conditions of
his detention, and to help him to contact with his family’.
The State Commission for Captives, Hostages and Missing People issued
statement on Thursday that resident of Alibeyli village of Tovuz
region Tagiyev Eldar Heydar, 47, who was reportedly missing on
December 28, 2009, was taken hostage by the Armenian militants on that
day and he is now in captivity in Armenia.
According to initial reports, Tagiyev was shot dead as a result of
ceasefire violation by Armenians, who shot him while he was fishing in
the Tovuz River running near the line of contact on December 28, 2009
at about 18.00. His body was left at the line of contact, but then was
taken away by Armenians.
According to other reports, Tagiyev was captured by Armenians.