18 years have passed since shooting down of Mi-8 helicopter in Garakend – FULL LIST OF VICTIMS
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20 Nov 2009 00:15 ]
Baku –APA. Today is anniversary of one of the most tragic events in the history of independent Azerbaijan.
18 years have passed since shooting down of Mi-8 helicopter over Garakend Village of Azerbaijan’s Khojavand Region by Armenians, APA reports.
A number of government figures and journalists were killed as a result of that tragedy. Secretary of State Tofig Ismayilov, Prosecutor General Ismet Gaibov, Counselor of State and former Interior Minister Mohammad Asadov, members of the parliament Vagif Jafarov, Veli Mammadov, Deputy Prime Minister Zulfu Hajiyev, department chief of the President’s Office and journalist Osman Mirzayev, deputy interior minister of Kazakhstan Sanlal Serikov, reporter of the Azerbaijan State Television Ali Mustafayev were among the 22 people killed in the helicopter crash.
We remember the victims of Mi-8 crash on November 20, 1991:
Tofig Kazim oglu Ismayilov - State Secretary
Ismet Ismayil oglu Gaibov - Prosecutor General
Mohammad Habi oglu Asadov - Counselor of State
Zulfu Saleh oglu Hajiyev - Deputy Prime Minister
Vagif Jafar oglu Jafarov - member of the parliament
Veli Huseyn oglu Mammadov - member of the parliament
Osman Mirza Huseyn oglu Mirzayev - Department Chief of the President’s Office
Gurban Huseyn oglu Namazaliyev - deputy minister
Igor Alexandrovich Plavskiy - prosecutor of Nagorno Karabakh
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kovalyov – chief of the interior office of Nagorno Karabakh
Sergei Semyonovich Ivanov – chief of the national security department on Nagorno Karabakh
Nikolay Vladimirovich Jinkin - commandant of the emergency situation zone
Sanlal Dasumovich Serikov – Deputy Interior Minister of Kazakhstan
Mikhail Dmitrievich Lukashov - police General-Major
Oleg Nikolaevich Kocherev - Colonel-Lieutenant
Rafig Mammad oglu Mammadov – Assistant Secretary of State
Ali Mustafa oglu Mustafayev – TV reporter
Arif Ismayil oglu Huseynzadeh - AzTV light director