Hanlar Veliev: “The search for missing military personnel continues”

“Together with the relevant structures, work was continued to establish the personality of persons who died both in the first and second Karabakh wars, as well as the adoption of the necessary measures for this.” This was stated by military prosecutor Hanlar Veliev at a meeting of the board of the military prosecutor’s office following the results of the first half of 2022.

He noted that as a result of the military prosecutors, together with the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Security Service of operational investigative measures, emergency investigative actions, conducting numerous examinations, as well as regular work in this direction by search groups, still It was possible to establish the individuals of 2908 people who died in a 44-day war, as well as the individuals of the missing military personnel and the transfer of their bodies to families.

According to Khanlar Veliev, operational investigative measures continue in order to establish the location of 6 missing military personnel.

It was noted that the investigative and operational measures in the criminal case investigated under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code in connection with the facts of war, terrorism, intentional murder and other crimes against peace and humanity committed by the Armed Forces of Armenia and illegal armed forces and illegal armed forces continue in the military prosecutor’s office. Armenian armed groups against the Azerbaijani people.