Azernews.Az

The dead body of an Armenian intelligence officer who was killed in an attempt by a group of the arch-foe country`s spies to cross over to Azerbaijan was transferred to Armenia on Tuesday.
The handover took place in the afternoon near a village of the Gazakh district on the Azerbaijani border, over two weeks after the incident. A group of Azeri and Armenian servicemen facilitated the transfer, the Baku-based ANS TV channel said.
The Armenian spies had tired to infiltrate through the frontline Tovuz district on July 19. Azeri soldiers prevented the attempt, killing one of them, while the others managed to escape.
Armenia had been failing to accept the dead body of its serviceman, 22-year-old officer Gor Minasian. Its defense ministry`s spokesman Seyran Shahsuvarian claimed that the officer had crossed over to Azerbaijan after losing his way. The Azerbaijan Defense Ministry dismissed the statement as false, saying the Armenians were attempting to infiltrate for spying purposes.
In another development, four Armenian spies who were captured in April after crossing over to Azerbaijan were repatriated to their home country on Monday. The handover was carried out near Azerbaijan`s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. According to the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry, they had planned to stage subversions in the country at the behest of the Armenian secret service. Yerevan claimed the detainees were civilians.