Baku: On July 11, the Baku Military Court continued hearings on cases involving Azerbaijani citizens who suffered as a result of the former occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenian armed forces, APA reports.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, victim Mehriban Bakirova testified that she was taken captive by Armenian armed forces during the Khojaly genocide on February 25-26, 1992. She recounted being held for 10 days in Khankendi while her one-and-a-half-year-old son sustained a head injury from shrapnel. Bakirova was subjected to severe torture and interrogated about her husband, Abdulla Hamzayev, who was a police officer at the time. She also mentioned that Khojaly had been shelled before the genocide, forcing her to hide in a basement, where she gave birth to her child on February 23.
Another victim, Avaz Abbasov from the Karkijahan settlement, described an attack in 1989 when Armenians threw grenades at him and his brother. Abbasov, who was in the third grade at the time, stated that his brother Eyvaz was killed, and he was critically injured, requiring treatment in hospitals in Shusha, Aghdam, and Baku. He also mentioned the loss of another brother in the battles for Shusha.
Court proceedings continue against Armenian nationals accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, aggression, terrorism, and violations of the laws of war. The charges include financing terrorism, the violent seizure and retention of power, and other serious offenses.