13 more Armenian soldiers to stand trial

Baku/07.06.21/Turan:  A preliminary investigation into a criminal case against 13 members of an armed group that entered the territory of Azerbaijan for acts of terror and sabotage activities has completed in Baku, the State Security Service and the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan said in a joint statement.

The investigation established that a group of Armenian citizens illegally crossed the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan on November 26-27, 2020 and took up combat positions in the forest zone of northwestern part of the village of Hadrut, Khojavend district.

Until December 13, 2020, they carried out armed attacks on enterprises and institutions located on the territory of the country, as well as on individuals, with the aim of violating public security and creating panic among the population. Note that members of the group staged explosions, fires and other acts of terror that threatened life and health of people and caused significant damage to property.

Note that materials of the criminal case against members of the illegal armed group - Khovanesyan Haikaz Koryunovich, Manukyan Varazdat Amushavanovich, Stepanyan David Stepanovich, Tosunyan Levan Ashotovich and others (total 13 accused) - were sent to the court for consideration. They are charged under Articles of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan as follows: 214.2.1, 214.2.3 (terrorism committed by a group of persons with prior agreement, an organized group or a criminal community), 228.3 (illegal arms trafficking as part of an organized group), 279.2 (creation of armed formations or groups not stipulated by the law, with attacks on enterprises, institutions, organizations or individuals) and 318.2 (illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan by a group of persons with prior agreement or an organized group).

It should be added that earlier, materials have been sent to the court as applied to 14 other members of this armed group.—06D-