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By Gunay Camal

The Azerbaijani Military Prosecutor's Office has filed a criminal case under several articles of the Criminal Code in connection with the premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murders of Azerbaijani servicemen by the Armenian Armed Forces, said Khanlar Valiyev, Azerbaijani Lieutenant-General, Military Prosecutor

Valiyev announced about this while addressing an extended board meeting on July 26,further adding that investigative group was also established, the Azerbaijani Military Prosecutor's Office said.

He added that the Armenian Armed Units grossly violated the ceasefire and the requirements of international law in April 2016.

Valiyev reminded that the Armenian armed units fired on the settlements in the contact line and the settlements and civilian facilities which are not located close to the contact line by using the large-caliber weapons, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

Long-simmering tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared again on April 2 when the Armenian side began to shell the Azerbaijani positions and settlements along the frontline. This resulted in the killing of two civilians and injuring of 10 another, including a 13-year-old child. More than 10 houses as well as local people`s property were also damaged.

To protect civilian population, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched counter attacks and repulsed the enemy forces back. On April 5, the two sides agreed on a ceasefire.

The hostilities in the contact line of troops renewed on April 24 as a result of the Armenian provocation. Despite the Russia-brokered agreement achieved on April 5, Armenia violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan by shelling its positions and civilians using prohibited weapons.

Baku called on Armenia to abstain from violence, but Yerevan ignored all the appeals for several days.

Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced as a result of the war. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the occupied territories.

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