22 years have passed since Armenian terrorists shot down helicopter MI-8 near Garakend village of Khodjavand region on November 20 in 1991, APA reports.
22 people - State Secretary Tofig Ismayilov, Deputy Prime Minister Zulfu Hajiyev, State Advisor, former Interior Minister Mahammad Asadov, Prosecutor General Ismat Gayibov, parliamentarians Vagif Jafarov and Vali Mammadov, Department Chief of the President’s Office Osman Mirzayev, First Deputy Minister of International Affairs of Kazakhstan S. Serikov, employee of Azerbaijan State TV and Radio Ali Mustafayev and others were killed as a result of the tragedy.
We remind victims of “Mi-8” helicopter crash took place on November 20, 1991:
- Tofig Ismailov Kazim oglu Secretary of State, Azerbaijan
- Ismat Gayibov Ismayil oglu Public Prosecutor General, Azerbaijan
- Mahammad Asadov Nabi oglu State Advisor, Azerbaijan
- Zulfi Hajiyev Saleh oglu Deputy Prime Minister, Azerbaijan
- Vagif Jafarov Jafar oglu Member of Parliament, Azerbaijan
- Vali Mammadov Huseyn oglu Member of Parliament, Azerbaijan
- Osman Mirzayev Mirza Huseyn oglu Head of Presidential Administration, Azerbaijan
- Gurban Namazaliyev Huseyn oglu Deputy Prime Minister of --Amelioration and Water Management, Azerbaijan
- Igor Aleksandrovich Plavski Public Prosecutor of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), Azerbaijan
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Kovalyov Head of Ministry of Internal Affairs of NKAO, Azerbaijan
- Sergey Semyonovich Ivanov Head of department of National Security Ministry, NKAO, Azerbaijan
- Nikolay Vladimirovich Jinkin Commandant for Emergency Situations of NKAO, Azerbaijan
- Sanlal Dasumovich Serikov Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Kazakhstan
- Mikhail Dmitriyevich Lukashov MVD, Major General, Russia
- Oleg Nikolayevich Kocherev MVD, Lieutenant Colonel, Russia
- Rafig Mammadov Mammad oglu Aide to Secretary of State, Azerbaijan
- Ali Mustafayev Mustafa oglu Journalist, Azerbaijani State TV[9]
- Arif Huseynzadeh Ismail oglu Lights technician, Azerbaijani State TV
- Fakhraddin Shahbazov Ibrahim oglu Cameraman, Azerbaijani State TV
- Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Kotov Commander of helicopter crew
- Gennadiy Vladimirovich Domov Member of the helicopter crew
- Dmitry Borisovich Yarovenko Member of the helicopter crew
22 years passed since Armenians shot down military helicopter with Azerbaijani political elite on board - COMPLETE LIST OF VICTIMS
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