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17.02.2021 | 10:34
At the intersection of Karmir Shuka-Shekher communities of the Martuni region, Azerbaijan handed over to the Armenian side 106 bodies of servicemen killed during the hostilities, The State Service of Emergency Situations of NKR informs. The rescuers of Artsakh, headed by the director of the Service of Emergency Situations Colonel Mekhak Arzumanyan, returned the bodies to Stepanakert. It’s reported that none of the bodies is recognizable.
It is assumed that the boys were buried beforehand and were transferred from Varanda (Fizuli), Hadrut, and Jrakan (Jebrayil) regions after exhumation. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Artsakh Karen Sargsyan has been in the Stepanakert forensic medical examination bureau. The Minister assured that every possible step is taken to search for the killed or missing servicemen, noting that the talks will continue in the near future as well.
He also expressed his condolences to the parents of the killed servicemen, wished them strength and patience to face the national pain. It should be noted that the total number of bodies found during the search or transferred after the ceasefire or transferred by Azerbaijan is 1.485.
