Azerbaijan buries one more victim of the Karabakh conflict

The burial took place in Gabala on Saturday of nineteen year old Anar Samad Alishov, a conscript soldier serving with the Azerbaijani army who was earlier reported to have been killed as a result of a violation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani ceasefire. The burial in the village of Zirin was held with full military honours, Azerbaijani media source reported.

There has however been no informatuion as to the circumstances and location of Alishov's death. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to report dozens of daily minor infringements of the ceasefire.

source: commonspace.eu with agencies

photo: The funeral of a 19 year old Azerbaiijani conscript soldier reportedly killed as a result of ceasefire violations on 20 July 2018 (picture courtesy of APA news agency, Baku).

 

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