Mass grave discovered in Aghdam

Baku/19.06.23/Turan: A mass grave has been found in the village of Saryjaly, Aghdam region liberated from the Armenian occupation, deputy head of the working group of the State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons Eldar Samedov said.

In turn, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office clarified that fragments similar to human bones were found on June 19 in the village of Saryjaly during the cleaning of the territory of mines.

In fact, the Agdam region prosecutor's office is conducting an investigation.

It has to be kept in mind that after the end of the Second Karabakh War in November 2020, a number of mass graves of human remains belonging to the victims of the First Karabakh War were discovered in the territories liberated from occupation.

In particular, over 400 human remains were found in the village of Dashalty, Shusha region; the village of Edilli in Khojavend region; the village of Farrukh in Khojaly region; the village of Yukhary Seyidahmedli in Fizuli region; in some places in Kelbajar, Aghdam regions and the city of Shusha.

At present, measures are ongoing to identify human remains.

According to the State Commission of Azerbaijan, no fate of 3,890 Azerbaijani residents who went missing in the first Karabakh war has yet been clarified. -03B06-