BAKU: Military Officer prosecuted for soldier’s suicide

Day.az, Azeraijan
Jan 19 2007

MILITARY OFFICER PROSECUTED FOR SOLDIER’S SUICIDE

19 January: Criminal proceedings have been launched against Elxan
Huseynov, commander of a military unit [in Fuzuli District, partly
occupied by Armenia], Ilqar Verdiyev from the Defence Ministry press
service has said.

According to preliminary reports, Huseynov has been bullying a
private (name is withheld in the interest of investigation) and the
latter has hanged himself in the barracks. An investigation is under
way, Verdiyev said.

[On 12 January Huseynov was arrested on charges of financial
manipulation. The arrest followed the return of the unit’s another
private from Armenian captivity]

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