27 Azeri servicemen dead in three months: researchers
Azerbaijan’s armed forces sustained 27 deaths and 25 other
servicemen were wounded in January-March 2010, a journalistic
research center estimates.
The Doktrina (Doctrine) center said in a report that five of the killed military men died of Armenian fire, while six of them committed suicide, eight deaths resulted from breaches of statutory regulations, five were killed in plane and car accidents, two succumbed to diseases, and one military men died under uncertain circumstances.
The researchers concluded that the casualties reported in the first quarter of 2010 are double the number of deaths reported for the same periods of the past five to six years.
In 2009, a total of 63 deaths occurred in Azerbaijan’s defense and security fields. The figure was 72 in 2008, 62 in 2007, 48 in 2006, and 39 in 2005.
Doktrina calculated the casualties based on a monitoring of reports published by the country’s major media outlets.*
The Doktrina (Doctrine) center said in a report that five of the killed military men died of Armenian fire, while six of them committed suicide, eight deaths resulted from breaches of statutory regulations, five were killed in plane and car accidents, two succumbed to diseases, and one military men died under uncertain circumstances.
The researchers concluded that the casualties reported in the first quarter of 2010 are double the number of deaths reported for the same periods of the past five to six years.
In 2009, a total of 63 deaths occurred in Azerbaijan’s defense and security fields. The figure was 72 in 2008, 62 in 2007, 48 in 2006, and 39 in 2005.
Doktrina calculated the casualties based on a monitoring of reports published by the country’s major media outlets.*
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