During the Patriotic War, the elderly people who were not taken during the retreat of the Armenian army were protected by the Azerbaijani military. They were urgently evacuated from the war zone, hospitalized, and returned to the other side in a short time, Ismayil Akhundov, head of the Working Group of the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, told a briefing, Report informs.
According to him, there are facts about the violation of international humanitarian law norms by the Armenian military that the sick and elderly people who were in bed could not leave their homes when the other party suddenly attacked. According to the statements of the persons released from captivity, the Armenians burned them in the house, severely tortured them by beating, hung, or shot them.