Military prosecutor's office: 18 perpetrators of Baghanis Ayrim genocide are on international wanted list

Eighteen people, whose guilt in committing the genocide in the village of Baghanis Ayrim was proved, have been put on the international wanted list, a senior assistant to the military prosecutor - head of the press service of the military prosecutor's office of Azerbaijan Firad Aliyev told Report.

“The materials of the investigation on the episode of the genocide in the village of Baghanis Ayrim proved that on March 24, 1990, perpetrated to completely or partially destroy Azerbaijanis as an ethnic group, kill members of the group, as well as expel villagers from their places of permanent residence and commit other crimes against Azerbaijanis, illegal Armenian armed formations, grossly violating the established norms of international law and the laws of Azerbaijan, penetrated on military equipment, military and special vehicles into the village of Baghanis Ayrim of the Gazakh district from various directions from the territory of Armenia, they subjected the village to heavy fire from large-caliber firearms, machine guns, grenade launchers, killing civilians of the village on the streets and in their own homes,” said Firad Aliyev.