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MM first vice-speaker speaks about hazing and mass poisoning in the army

29 May 2009 14:35 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev â€“ APA. â€œThere is no a fact of hazing in the Azerbaijani Armyâ€, Milli Mejlis First Vice-Speaker Ziyafat Asgarov told journalists, APA reports. He said there was no need to inflate the minor incidents in the army. â€œThe army is a part of the society and it also canâ€™t avoid the criminal casesâ€. The vice-speaker said there was no fact of the mass poisoning among the soldiers in the Garaheybat Training Center of the Defense Ministry. â€œThe soldiers arrived for check-up, which caused a panic. No poisoning was identified among them. Chairman of the parliamentâ€™s National Security and Defense Committee Aydin Mirzazadeh was there and I called him to know what happened. He said there was no fact of poisoning. Six soldiers were ill, but not poisonedâ€.