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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

The British Embassy in Armenia is horrified by the footage of the killing of Armenian POWs by Azerbaijani armed forces

The British Embassy in Armenia is horrified by the footage of the killing of Armenian POWs by 
Azerbaijani armed forces

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 3, ARMENPRESS. The British Embassy in Armenia is horrified by the footage showing captured Armenian soldiers being shot by Azerbaijani forces, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Embassy’s Facebook page.

“The British Embassy is horrified by a video which appears to show captured Armenian soldiers being shot by Azerbaijani forces.

We welcome the announcement by the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office of their commitment to comprehensively investigate the video. We expect the outcome of the investigations to be made public. We expect all allegations of mistreatment, abuse and summary killings to be fully investigated by the appropriate authorities”, reads the post.

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.








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