The preliminary court hearing for the criminal case of Vagif Khachatryan, accused of committing genocide in Azerbaijan's Meshali village, Khojaly district, carried out by members of Armenian illegal armed groups started, Ednews reports.
The accused person was provided with a lawyer and a translator in the trial held in the administrative building of the Yasamal District Court under the chairmanship of Zeynal Aghayev, chair of Baku Military Court.
Initially, the questionnaire of the accused person was clarified in the process.
After the consultation, the trial of the criminal case was scheduled for October 17.
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The preliminary court hearing for the criminal case of Vagif Khachatryan, accused of committing genocide in Azerbaijan's Meshali village, Khojaly district, carried out by members of Armenian illegal armed groups, takes place today in the administrative building of the Yasamal District Court, Ednews reports.
The preliminary court hearing is chaired by the Baku Military Court's Judge Jamal Ramazanov.
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The preliminary court hearing for the criminal case of Vagif Khachatryan, accused of committing genocide in Azerbaijan's Meshali village, Khojaly district, carried out by members of Armenian illegal armed groups will take place today, Ednews reports.
The preparatory meeting of the court will be held under the chairmanship of Jamal Ramazanov, judge of the Baku Military Court.
The questionnaire data of the accused and 59 people affected by the case will be clarified.
Note that the internationally wanted fugitive of the Meshali massacre Vagif Cherkezovich Khachatryan was detained in July of this year at the Lachin border checkpoint.
According to the investigation carried out by Prosecution of Azerbaijan, it was established that on 22nd December 1991, Vagif Cherkezovich Khachaturyan, born in 1955, a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan, born in Badara village of Askaran district and worked as a driver in Khankendi city automobile transport company, residing in Meshali village, together with other people of Armenian nationality, used various weapons, including firearms and infantry fighting vehicles, to completely destroy the village.
Using various weapons, including firearms and infantry fighting vehicles, they raided the village and killed 25 people of Azerbaijani nationality, injured 14 people, and contrary to national and international law norms expelled 358 Azerbaijanis from their domicile.
Due to the fact that sufficient reasonable suspicions arose regarding the criminal case, it was decided to involve Vagif Cherkezovich Khachaturyan as an accused person under articles 103 (massacre) and 107 (deportation or forced movement of the population) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. However, due to the fact that his whereabouts were unknown to the investigation, on November 12, 2013, an international arrest warrant was applied by the court's decision.
