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OSCE IS INFORMED ABOUT INJURIES ON BODY OF RETURNED ARMENIAN ELDERLY CAPTIVE IN AZERBAIJAN
March 05, 2014 | 15:18
The OSCE representatives have been informed about the numerous injuries
that were found on the body of Mamikon Khojoyan, who has been returned
to Armenia after being held captive in Azerbaijan.
During Wednesday's OSCE monitoring on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border,
Yevgeny Sharov and William Pryor, field assistants of the Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, were informed about
the aforesaid injuries, and the OSCE representatives took note of
this information.
Khojoyan is hospitalized, and according to preliminary data, the
elderly man has a gunshot wound, a fracture, and injuries.
Head of the Azerbaijani MOD press service had claimed that Khojoyan
was already wounded when he was taken prisoner. This claim, however,
is doubtful, given a set of circumstances including the apparent
deterioration of the elderly man's psychological state and his
complaints about beatings under Azerbaijani captivity.
As reported earlier, Mamikon Khojoyan, 77, a resident of Verin
Karmiraghbyur village of Armenia's Tavush Region, was taken captive
by Azerbaijan on January 28. He suffers from mental illness.
Nonetheless, the aforesaid fact did not obstruct Azerbaijan from
attempting to present the old man as an "infiltrator." And, perhaps,
it appeared before the eyes of the Azerbaijani MOD staff that the
alleged infiltrator was armed, too.
http://news.am/eng/news/197471.html
From: A. Papazian
March 05, 2014 | 15:18
The OSCE representatives have been informed about the numerous injuries
that were found on the body of Mamikon Khojoyan, who has been returned
to Armenia after being held captive in Azerbaijan.
During Wednesday's OSCE monitoring on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border,
Yevgeny Sharov and William Pryor, field assistants of the Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, were informed about
the aforesaid injuries, and the OSCE representatives took note of
this information.
Khojoyan is hospitalized, and according to preliminary data, the
elderly man has a gunshot wound, a fracture, and injuries.
Head of the Azerbaijani MOD press service had claimed that Khojoyan
was already wounded when he was taken prisoner. This claim, however,
is doubtful, given a set of circumstances including the apparent
deterioration of the elderly man's psychological state and his
complaints about beatings under Azerbaijani captivity.
As reported earlier, Mamikon Khojoyan, 77, a resident of Verin
Karmiraghbyur village of Armenia's Tavush Region, was taken captive
by Azerbaijan on January 28. He suffers from mental illness.
Nonetheless, the aforesaid fact did not obstruct Azerbaijan from
attempting to present the old man as an "infiltrator." And, perhaps,
it appeared before the eyes of the Azerbaijani MOD staff that the
alleged infiltrator was armed, too.
http://news.am/eng/news/197471.html
From: A. Papazian