Meshali events among numerous massacres against Azerbaijani people – Military Prosecutor’s Office

BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 1. Occasions in
Azerbaijan’s Meshali village (Khojaly district) are among the many
quite a few massacres dedicated by Armenian armed formations in opposition to
the Azerbaijani folks from 1989 to 1992, Senior Assistant to the
Navy Prosecutor of Azerbaijan Ismayil Aliyev mentioned, Pattern studies.

In response to him, a felony case has been initiated and
preliminary investigative actions have been carried out in
reference to the bloodbath in Meshali, however because of the fight
circumstances at the moment, it wasn’t doable to conclude the
investigation. Subsequently, the investigation was efficiently
resumed and established that Vagif Khachatryan, together with different
members of an unlawful Armenian armed formation, dedicated an armed
assault on the village, killing 25 folks and inflicting bodily hurt
of various levels on its 14 residents. In addition they forcibly
displaced 338 folks from their lawful place of residence.

“The dedication of this crime by Khachatryan is absolutely confirmed
primarily based on the testimonies of witnesses and victims,” the official
mentioned.

He famous that in 2013, Khachatryan was charged underneath Articles
103 and 107 of the Felony Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan in
reference to the bloodbath in Meshali and was declared
internationally needed, and an arrest warrant was issued in opposition to
him. Since then, negotiations have been performed with worldwide
organizations concerning Khachatryan’s search.

Because of the performed search measures, on July 29, 2023,
Khachatryan was detained by the army personnel of the State
Border Service on the Lachin border crossing level of the
Azerbaijan-Armenia state border whereas making an attempt to go to the Republic
of Armenia for remedy by way of the mediation of the Worldwide
Committee of the Purple Cross.

Investigation of felony case initiated by the Azerbaijani
Navy Prosecutor’s Workplace on related articles of the Felony
Code on bloodbath and deportation of individuals of Azerbaijani
nationality, destruction and hurt of private and non-private properties
ensuing large-scale injury attributable to members of unlawful Armenian
armed teams on December 22, 1991 in Meshali village of Khojaly
district is ongoing.

The investigation established {that a} citizen of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Khachatryan, who was born in 1955 in Badara village of
Khojaly (former Asgaran) district and labored as a driver in
Khankendi metropolis vehicle transport firm, along with different
folks of Armenian nationality, used numerous weapons, together with
firearms and infantry preventing autos, to kill all Azerbaijani
residents of Meshali village (Khojaly district) as a single
nationwide group.

As well as, Khachatryan continued his felony actions collectively
along with his accomplices, destroying and damaging property belonging to
the state and villagers, inflicting a complete of over 5.96 million manat
($3.5 million) of fabric injury.