YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS. In the sidelines of the claims submitted to the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice regarding the protection of the rights of Armenian prisoners of war, on October 3, the footage of the killing of Armenian servicemen that went viral on October 2 of this year has been submitted to the aforementioned courts, once again emphasizing the fact that Azerbaijan has violated the fundamental rights of ethnic Armenians, ARMENPRESS reports the Facebook page of the Office of the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Affairs informs.

On October 2, a footage was published on the Azerbaijani telegram channels, in which it was seen how the Azerbaijani soldiers brutally shoot the captured Armenian soldiers at the Armenian military position.

Toivo Klaar, the special representative of the European Union in the South Caucasus, stated that if the authenticity of the video is confirmed, then it is a war crime that should be investigated.

Armenian human rights defender Kristine Grigoryan stated that the killing of Armenian prisoners of war by the Azerbaijani military took place on September 13, during the large-scale attack of Azerbaijan against the Republic of Armenia.