BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 10. The military
prosecutor’s office of the Gubadli region received information
about the injury of an officer of Azerbaijani State Border Guard
Service, senior lieutenant Rovshan Mammadov, as a result of
shelling from the Armenian side, Trend reports.
Based on the information received, appropriate investigative
measures were carried out together with employees of the Gubadli
military prosecutor’s office and the department of criminalistics
and information technology of the military prosecutor’s office.
In fact, in the military prosecutor’s office of the Gubadli
region, a criminal case was opened under articles 29120.2.7
(attempted murder of two or more people) and 29120.2.12 (attempted
murder of a person due to national, racial, religious affiliation)
of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic, witnesses were
interrogated, appropriate examinations were appointed and urgent
necessary investigative actions were carried out.
The investigation is currently ongoing, all measures will be
taken in accordance with legal requirements and generally accepted
norms and principles of international law.
On April 10, around 15:20, it was discovered that two
individuals from the direction of Nerkin Khnzoresk village of
Armenia, opposite the positions of the frontier troops of the the
State Border Service located in the Jijimli settlement, violated
the state border, crossing approximately 300 meters into
Azerbaijani territory, with about 200 heads of small livestock.
“The border guard of the Azerbaijani State Border Service
preventing the violation of the state border was fired from a
combat post of the Armenian Armed Forces, as a result of which
Senior Lieutenant Rovshan Mammadov was wounded.
The serviceman was immediately evacuated to a medical
facility.
At present, the operational conditions are stable and under the
control of our units.
The responsibility for this regular provocation by the Armenian
side falls entirely on the military-political leadership of
Armenia,” the statement of the State Border Service reads.