SHUSHA, Azerbaijan, August 15. The remains of
more than 480 persons and about 300 forensic examinations to
identify them with persons, who went missing in the first Karabakh
war, were carried out in the liberated territories after the 2020
second Karabakh war, Head of the Department of Special
Investigations of the Azerbaijani Military Prosecutor’s Office Emil
Taghiyev told Trend.
“Here, on the territory of the former Shusha prison, remains of
at least 31 people have been found as a result of search operations
going on since May. These remains are assumed to belong to people
who were taken prisoner and hostages during the first Karabakh war
and were kept here. These Azerbaijanis were brutally killed and
buried in the prison,” he added.
As a result of excavations carried out on August 1-15, the
remains of 17 people were found on the territory of the former
Shusha prison.
Previously, a mass grave was discovered on the former prison’s
territory in June of this year.
Additionally, the mass graves were previously discovered in the
liberated villages of Sarijali (Aghdam district), Dashalti (Shusha
district), Edilli (Khojavand district), Farrukh (Khojaly district),
Yukhari Seyidahmadli (Fuzuli district), as well as Kalbajar,
Aghdam, and other settlements.
