Human Rights Defender gives update on consequences of Azerbaijani aggression against Armenia's sovereign territories

YEREVAN, September 26. /ARKA/. Armenian Human Rights Defender Kristine Grigoryan gave an update on the consequences of the latest Azerbaijani aggression against Armenia's sovereign territories.

"Four civilians killed, 7 wounded, 1 civilian is missing, at least 7,600 IDPs, about 20 prisoners of war, more missing, many servicemen were tortured and killed, women servicemen terribly mutilated. War crimes have been committed on the grounds of ethical hatred," she said in a tweet.

On September 13, Azerbaijan launched an unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Armenia. Using heavy artillery, Multiple Rocket Launchers and combat UAVs, the Azerbaijani armed forces shelled 36 residential areas and communities, including towns of Goris, Jermuk, Vardenis, Kapan, Geghamasar deep within the sovereign territory of Armenia.

The Azerbaijani attack deliberately targeted civilian population and vital civilian infrastructures.

More than 7600 persons, mostly women and elderly people, among them 1437 children and 99 persons with disabilities were displaced.

Around 192 houses, 3 hotels, 2 schools, 1 medical facility, partially or completely destroyed. 7 electrical infrastructures, 5 water infrastructures, 3 gas pipelines, 1 bridge were damaged. As a result of the aggression, the number of victims and missing persons now exceeded 207, among them 4 civilians were killed and 1 civilians is missing. 293 servicemen and 8 civilians were wounded, at least 20 servicemen were captured.

There are evidences of cases of torture, mutilation of captured or already dead servicemen, numerous instances of extra-judicial killings, and ill-treatment of Armenian prisoners of war, as well as humiliating treatment of the bodies.

The dead bodies of Armenian female military personnel were mutilated and then “proudly” video-recorded with particular cruelty by the Azerbaijani servicemen. The videos featuring such gruesome war crimes and crimes against humanity are being shared and praised on Azerbaijani social media by individual users. -0-