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Criminal case initiated against 297 Armenians committed crime against Azerbaijanis

Headlines 19:59 24 Jan, 2022

Last year, the military prosecutor's office registered 1,846 criminal cases, said Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev

Criminal case initiated against 297 Armenians committed crime against Azerbaijanis

Last year, the military prosecutor's office registered 1,846 criminal cases, said Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev at the broad meeting on finals of the previous year, Qazet.az reports.

He noted that 530 of them were related to corruption crimes: “Military prosecutor's office completed an investigation of 85 criminal cases against 110 people on corruption crimes and sends them to relevant military courts for consideration.”

It was brought to attention that so far, 297 people have been charged under Articles 103 (genocide), 113 (torture), 115 of the Criminal Code in connection with criminal cases against Azerbaijanis committed by members of illegal Armenian armed groups against peace and humanity, as well as war crimes.