STEPANAKERT. - The Azeri saboteurs do not deserve to live after they murdered my son, told Karine Tsakalyan, the mother of a teenage boy Smbat Tsakalyan, who was killed by Azerbaijani saboteurs on th territory of Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Armenia News - NEWS.am reports.
The relatives and villagers of murdered teenager will be present at the trial of Azeri saboteurs, which will begin on October 27.
“They should get what they did to my baby. The gift of life in prison is too generous,” Karine Tsakalyan said. “Smbat was murdered in the forest, and they murdered him, even though they took away his money and food.”
According to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Police, citizens of Azerbaijan Shahbaz Guliyev (born in 1968), Dilham Askerov (born in 1960), and Hasan Hasanov, who was shot by law enforcement agents at the spot, illegally crossed the state border of Karabakh armed with a weapon and ammunition on June 29, 2014. The three entered the territory of the Shahumyan region of Karabakh as enemy spies to collect information and carry out espionage tasks.
On July 4, 2014, they kidnapped and murdered the citizen of Karabakh, 17-year-old Smbat M. Tsakanyan, whose body was found on July 15 with gunshot wounds in the forest at Shahumyan region. In addition, in the evening of July 11, 2014, on Vardenis-Karvachar highway Hasanov killed the resident of Yerevan Sargis S. Abrahamyan (born in 1971), and severely wounded the resident of Armenian Dzoraghbyur village Karine A. Davtyan.
During the arrest Hasanov was armed and resisted, as a result he was neutralized by special forces of Nagorno Karabakh. The two others, Shahbaz Guliyev and Dilham Asgerov, were arrested and detained.
Dilhamu Askerov is charged for espionage; unauthorized border trespass; kidnapping and violence against a minor, committed by an organized group; murder committed by an organized group motivated by ethnic hatred; attempt of murder of two persons, committed by an organized group, motivated by ethnic hatred. Shahbaz Guliyev is charged for espionage; unauthorized border trespass; kidnapping and violence against a minor, committed by an organized group; murder committed by an organized group motivated by ethnic hatred.
The court hearings on the Azeri saboteurs case will start on October 27.
