BAKU: Azeri prosecutor issues arrest warrant for Russian commander

Azeri prosecutor issues arrest warrant for Russian commander

ANS TV, Baku
29 Jul 06

Presenter] A draft resolution has been issued on the arrest of Yuriy
Zarvigarov, the commander of the 366th regiment, which was involved in
the Xocali genocide organized by Armenians against Azerbaijanis [in
February 1992], Military Prosecutor Xanlar Valiyev has said. Official
talks have also been held with Interpol officials to track him down,
Valiyev said at a meeting of the board of the Military Prosecutor’s
Office.

[Correspondent over video of meeting] The Military Prosecutor’s Office
is trying to secure the arrest of Yuriy Zarvigarov, the former
commander of the 366th regiment, which was involved in the Xocali
genocide, and the former head of the Asqaran District interior
department, Mavrik Gukasyan. Draft resolutions and arrest warrants
concerning the two men are ready, Military Prosecutor Xanlar Valiyev
said at the meeting of the board on the results of the first six
months of 2006.

[Passage omitted: details of the investigation and criminal case
against the two, other attacks of Armenians on Azeris]