Azerbaijan founds body of previously missing serviceman

  19 April 2016    Read: 1575
Azerbaijan founds body of previously missing serviceman
Azerbaijan has found and took away the body of a serviceman who died in recent clashes along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told AzVision.az.

The search for the missing Azerbaijani military servicemen was resumed on Tuesday through the mediation of the ICRC and the OSCE, the ministry said.

The dead body of the missing Azerbaijani serviceman was found in the area, which had been searched repeatedly.

“The conclusion is, the Armenian side has found and picked the body earlier, and kept it for some reason, giving no official information to the mediators or to the Azerbaijani side. And after the official announcement came that the search efforts will be resumed on Tuesday, the Armenian side has again left the body in the previously-searched area,” the ministry stated.

Medical-forensic examinations are underway to find out the serviceman’s cause and date of death, the circumstances under which he died, and whether there are any signs of violence or abuse on his body, Azerbaijan’s ministry added.

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