14:03, 12 August 2022

In Armenia, Red Cross counts 303 persons missing after Karabakh war

Members of the Armenian Red Cross Society. Photo by the press service of the Armenian Red Cross Society https://www.redcross.am/news/coronavirus-arcs-activities.html

A total of 303 residents of Armenia are listed as missing after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, the republican delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has informed.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 21, the Armenian Investigating Committee reported that overall 3822 people perished in the course of hostilities in the fall of 2020 in Nagorno-Karabakh; other 208 people, including 21 civilians, were reported missing.

After the 2020 Karabakh war, 303 residents of Armenia are reported missing, the "NEWS.am" reports with reference to the press service of the Armenian delegation of the ICRC.

The delegation also reported that it had received more than 1450 appeals from family members of missing persons. In particular, four families turned to the ICRC to find out the fate of their missing relatives; other 12 families managed to get information about their relatives, the "Erkramas" informs.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 12, 2022 at 09:40 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: The Caucasian Knot