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Injuries sustained while alive detected on remains of 474 people in liberated territories - Director

Adalat Hasanov, Director of the Union of Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy of the Ministry of Health

08 October 2026 09:39 (UTC +04:00)

So far, 328 people who went missing during the First Karabakh War have been identified through forensic molecular genetic examinations, Adalat Hasanov, Director of the Union of Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy of the Ministry of Health, said during a panel discussion at the 4th International Conference held as part of the Baku Dialogue on Missing Persons, APA reports.

He said that among the identified civilians who had been considered missing during the First Karabakh War, 15 were women and two were minors: "So far, the Union of Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy has received human remains believed to belong to a total of 913 missing persons from the liberated territories of Karabakh. Based on the examination of skeletal remains in laboratories, various injuries sustained while alive (gunshot and shrapnel wounds, injuries caused by blunt objects, etc.) have been detected on the skeletal remains of 474 people. After the forensic medical examinations of the skeletal remains are completed, biological samples are taken from several areas of each skeleton (particularly from healthy teeth) and sent to the Genetic Research Center of the State Security Service for forensic identification."

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