Another court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations, which committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991, was continued in Baku today, APA reports.
Chaired by judge of the Baku Military Court Zeynal Aghayev, the researching of the documents has been started and the documents on the case have been announced.
Later it was announced that the investigation into the criminal case was over. The state prosecutor asked the court for time to speak.
The court process will be continued on November 7.
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Another court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations, which committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991, is being continued in Baku today, APA reports.
A victim is testifying at his trial.
Later, the judge stated that the testimonies of the accused, victims and witnesses in the case have been completed.
The researching of the documents has been started. The documents on the case have been announced.
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Another court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations, which committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991, is being held in Baku today, APA reports.
A judge of the Baku Military Court Zeynal Aghayev is chairing the court hearing.
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Another court hearing of the criminal case against Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan, one of the members of the illegal Armenian armed formations, which committed a massacre in the village of Meshali of Azerbaijan’s Khojaly district on December 22, 1991, will be held in Baku today, APA reports.
A judge of the Baku Military Court Zeynal Aghayev will chair the court hearing.
It is expected that the criminal investigation will be completed today and the prosecutor will demand punishment for the accused.
Note that, Khachatryan Vagif Cherkezovich, an Armenian citizen, who is internationally wanted in connection with the Meshali genocide, was detained at the Lachin border checkpoint in July of this year.
The criminal gang he is a member of killed 25 Azerbaijanis, injured 14 people, and displaced 358 Azerbaijanis from their legal place of residence in Meshali village of Khojaly district, in December.
He was charged with articles 103 (Genocide - killing members of any national, ethnic, racial or religious group with the aim of destroying it in whole or in part as a group, seriously harming the health of group members or seriously harming their mental capacity) and 107 (Deportation or forced relocation of the population - evicting the population from their legal locations to other countries or displacing them with other forced actions) of the Criminal Code, and a pretrial detention measure was chosen.
59 people were recognized as victims in the case.