Criminal case initiated in Azerbaijan on Armenians shelling of settlement in Gazakh

By Trend

Since July 12 Armenian armed forces severely violated the ceasefire attempting to seize positions in Tovuz district of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office said, Trend reports on July 15.

“The Azerbaijani positions were shelled using various types of artillery,” the message said. “Once again demonstrating terrorist and aggressive policy by firing at densely populated settlements, Armenia committed a number of crimes against the civilian population.”

“On July 14 at 3 pm (local time, GMT+4) due to explosion of a missile fired from a rocket launcher located opposite Bala Jafarli village of Gazakh District, various pieces of the shell scattered on the roofs and plots of houses belonging to residents of Khanliglar village - Salmina Aliyeva, Mahbuba Orujeva, Aziz Shirinov, llham Mehtiyev, Razim Musayev and Kamil Jahanov,” the message said. “As a consequence of deliberate destruction of properties, substantial damage was done.”

“Immediate examination of incident scene, collection of evidence, involvement of specialists for determining damage and other investigative actions were provided by prosecution and police authorities,” the message said.

“Upon the fact a criminal case has been initiated at Gazakh District Prosecutor's Office under Article 186.2.2 (deliberate destruction or damage to someone’s property, causing substantial damage to the victims – by arson, explosion or in any other generally dangerous way or with grave consequences) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan,” the message said.

“Necessary intensive investigative actions are underway,” the message said.

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