Names of other perpetrators of genocide in Meshali revealed

The names of other members of illegal Armenian armed formations who are accused of committing the massacres against Azerbaijanis in the Meshali village of Azerbaijan's Khojaly district in December 1991 have been announced during the next court hearing in the case of Vagif Khachaturyan, held in the administrative building of the Yasamal District Court under the chairmanship of Judge Zeynal Aghayev of the Baku Military Court.

According to Report, these are the residents of the Badara village of Khojaly district including Sarkisyan Emest Bakhshiyevich, Sakisyan Armais Bakhshiyevich, Gasparyan Benik Astanovich, Abramyan Khoren Melikovich, Hovanissyan Armen Sarkisovich, Sarkisyan Vova Armaisovich, Khachaturyan Gariy Nikolayevich, Kachaturyan Nikolay Beglarovich, Abramyan Armen Garagenovich, Abramyan Edward Armenovich, Abramyan Zina Armenovich, Abramyan Vahid Armenovich, Ohanyan Karen Ashotovich, Ohanyan Naorik Ashotovich, Gasparyan Gurgen Benikovich, Gasparyan Valery Benkovich, Davidyan Albert Melikovich, Sahakyan Samvel Rafikovich, Osipyan Asatur Bakhshiyevich, Khachatryan Karlen Bakhshiyevich, Israelyan Edward Beglarovich, Avakyan Arthur Vartanovich, Sarkisyan Surik Armaisovich, as well as Verdi Allahverdiyan, Vilen Verdiyan, Grisha Magishovich, Slavik Ardemovich, Gavrusha Zadurovich, Ruben, Andronik.

According to the indictment, the above persons took part in the activities of an illegal armed group, which also included Armenian nationalists who arrived in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan from Armenia.

Twenty-seven Azerbaijanis became victims of the massacre committed in the village of Meshali, Khojaly region, on December 22, 1991. Twenty-one people sustained injuries of varying degrees of severity, two village residents were taken hostage, and 340 people were forced to flee their homes.