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BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30. The tragedy in the
village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district occurred on
December 23, 1991. The villagers were completely surrounded and
attacked by Armenians using machine guns and other weapons,
resulting in the deaths of four people from the Guliyev family and
five from the Novruzov family.
Sabir Gasimov, who survived the attack, shared his story in an
interview with Public Television, Trend reports.
He revealed that the terrorists killed women, children, and the
elderly, including a seventh-grade student named Vidadi
Allahverdiyev and an 80-year-old woman named Suraya. Some residents
were also killed on the road to Shusha while attempting to
escape.
Gasimov mentioned that 14 villagers were in serious condition,
and a total of 365 people suffered from the Armenian barbarism,
forcing them to flee barefoot towards the mountains.
The eyewitness emphasized that the Armenian terrorists used
mortars against unarmed civilians. The massacre eventually reached
the center of the village, and if help hadn’t arrived from nearby
settlements, the number of victims would have been even higher.
“We hope that Vagif Khachaturyan, who was detained at the Lachin
border crossing point, and his accomplices will stand trial,”
concluded the eyewitness of the genocide.
Vagif Khachaturyan, internationally wanted fugitive of Meshali
massacre of December 22, 1991, was detained by the military
personnel of the State Border Service at the Lachin border crossing
point of the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border while trying to go to
the Republic of Armenia for treatment through the mediation of the
International Committee of the Red Cross.
The investigation established that Vagif Cherkezovich
Khachaturyan, born in 1955, a citizen of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, born in Badara village of Askaran district and worked
as a driver in Khankendi city automobile transport company,
residing in Meshali village, together with other people of Armenian
nationality, used various weapons, including firearms and infantry
fighting vehicles, to completely destroy the village.
Using various weapons, including firearms and infantry fighting
vehicles, they raided the village and killed 25 people of
Azerbaijani nationality, injured 14 people, and contrary to
national and international law norms expelled 358 Azerbaijanis from
their domicile.
In addition, Vagif Cherkezovich Khachaturyan continued his
criminal actions together with his accomplices, destroying and
damaging property belonging to the state and villagers, causing a
total of 5 million 496 thousand 900 manats of material damage.
Due to the fact that sufficient reasonable suspicions arose
regarding the criminal case, it was decided to involve Vagif
Cherkezovich Khachaturyan as an accused person under articles 103
(massacre) and 107 (deportation or forced movement of the
population) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. However, due to the
fact that his whereabouts were unknown to the investigation, on
November 12, 2013, an international arrest warrant was applied by
the court’s decision.
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