One of the fugitive violators of the Azerbaijani-Iranian border has been liquidated

Baku/19.05.21/Turan: The Internal Affairs Ministry reported the neutralization of one of the two Iranian citizens who violated the state border with Azerbaijan on May 15, killing two soldiers of the Border Guard Service.

Ehsan Zakhidov, head of the Internal Affairs Ministry press service, noted that as a result of a joint operation by the Internal Affairs Ministry and the State Border Guard Service, he was found in the mountainous terrain of the Yardimli district.

The violator refused to surrender and rendered armed resistance. The violator was therefore neutralized.

On May 15, three unidentified men violated the state border of Azerbaijan near the village of Gendere in the Yardimli region in the service zone of the “Goytepe” border checkpoint. They did not obey the demands of the border guards and opened fire on them. As a result, senior lieutenant Samir Eyvazov and junior sergeant Farid Alimov were wounded. They died of their wounds in a medical facility.

One of the violators of the border was detained, the other two fled the scene. It was revealed that they were Iranian nationals. Drugs were found at the scene.  -71-