“The Khojaly District Prosecutor's Office received information about the discovery of a mass grave during the excavations carried out as part of the ongoing reconstruction and restoration works at the center of the liberated city of Khojaly (near the former carpet factory)”.
The press service of the Prosecutor General's Office told Yeniavaz.com.
It was reported that representatives of the General Prosecutor's Office, the Association of Forensic Medicine and Pathological Anatomy, the National Academy of Sciences, the country office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the State Commission for Prisoners, Missing Persons and Hostages inspected the site, properly seizing the fragments found and examined the grave:
“According to preliminary results, it was determined that the human remains found on the site belong to at least four individuals (including, presumably, 1 child of approximately 4-5 years of age), who were subjected to torture, being tied with ropes, and buried more than 25 years ago.
Work is currently underway to complete detailed investigations on the site of the mass grave”.