ANOTHER AZERI SOLDIER YIELDS HIMSELF PRISONER TO ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.03.2008 12:29 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On March 9 evening Azerbaijani citizen Yakub Alaverdi
ogly Mukhtarov crossed the Armenian-Azeri border near the settlement
of Kolagir, Tavush region, RA Defense Minister’s spokesman, colonel
Seyran Shahsuvaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net.
"Mukhtarov said he repeatedly asked the commanding officer for
treatment. Being turned down, he addressed to the brigade commander
but was beaten severely.
Leaving the weapon at the post, Mukhtarov crossed the border. The
Azeri soldier said that numerous impact marks and bruises are the
evidence of acts of violence committed against him," Shahsuvaryan said.
Yakub Alaverdi ogly Mukhtarov, born in 1988, is a native of Sheki town.