Armenia reports on its three beheaded soldiers during escalation of Karabakh conflict

The bodies of three Armenian military men were found beheaded during the April combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh, reports the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD). According to human rights defender Larisa Alaverdyan, those incidents contain signs of a war crime and genocide.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on April 14, the Investigating Committee of Armenia reported on the institution of criminal proceedings on the fact of violation of international humanitarian law during the combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Three military men of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army, including 31-year-old Major Hayk Toroyan, 69-year-old contract soldier Grant Garibyan, and 20-year-old regular soldier Karam Sloyan, were beheaded during the combat actions of April 2-5, reports the Armenian MoD.

As of April 21, Azerbaijan returned to the Armenian side the head of only one soldier Karam Sloyan. This was reported by Larisa Alaverdyan, the first Ombudsman of Armenia and the leader of the "Against Legal Arbitrariness" Foundation.

Larisa Alaverdyan has also added that Armenia is going to inform the international agencies on the facts of the beheading of Armenian soldiers and officer.

According to advocate Aram Orbelyan, who used to hold the post of the Armenian Deputy Minister of Justice, Azerbaijan must bring to justice the persons who have committed the crime.

On April 3, Baku officials accused their counterparts in Yerevan in spreading the provocative information about the abuse of the bodies.

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