Armenian soldier Hakob Injighulyan—who was held captive in Azerbaijan for more than a year, who finally had returned to Armenia on October 2, and who recently returned to military duty—gave testimony at Wednesday’s court hearing.

The court trial was on the criminal case into defendants Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev, the two members of an Azerbaijani intelligence-gathering sabotage team that had infiltrated into the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), and the hearing came to an end on Wednesday at NKR capital city Stepanakert seat of the NKR First Instance General Jurisdiction Court.

During the hearing, Injighulyan recognized the third member of the aforesaid sabotage team, Hasan Hasanov—who was killed by the Armenian armed forces while rendering the saboteurs ineffective—as one of individuals who had participated in his interrogation in the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku.

First, the repatriated Armenian soldier watched the video recording of his interrogation. Subsequently, he provided trial-related details on his captivity in Azerbaijan, Artsakhpress reported.

As per Injighulyan, the video camera, which was found in Hasanov’s possession, is the same video camera that was used during his interrogation in an Azerbaijani prison.

Looking at Hasanov’s photograph, Injighulyan also stated that Hasanov was present at his interrogation.

Dilham Askerov is charged with 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; and attempt of murder of two persons, committed by an organized group, motivated by ethnic hatred. Shahbaz Guliyev is charged with espionage; unauthorized border trespass; kidnapping and violence against a minor, committed by an organized group; and murder committed by an organized group motivated by ethnic hatred.

The aforesaid court trial had begun on October 27, it came to an end on Wednesday, and the phase of judicial arguments will begin on December 12.