Assa-Irada. Azerbaijan
May 11 2005
Azeri officer’s trial hearing adjourned till late September
Baku, May 10, AssA-Irada
The third hearing on the trial of Azerbaijani officer, senior
lieutenant Ramil Safarov was held in Budapest on Tuesday.
Safarov is charged with murdering an Armenian serviceman Gurgen
Markarian during NATO courses organized in the Hungarian capital in
2004.
During the hearing, which lasted 55 minutes, the judge said the
forensic expertise was carried out twice and showed different results
and adjourned the proceedings till September 27.
The court is to hear testimonies from forensic experts and
eyewitnesses from Azerbaijan and Lithuania at the next hearing.
Safarov killed the Armenian officer for insulting the Azerbaijani
flag and people.*
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