YEREVAN. -- Dozens of the terrorist Islamic State members are fighting in the Azerbaijani army, Karabakh war veteran Arkadi Ter-Tadevosyan announced at a press conference on April 8.

According to him, the Azerbaijani side brutally killed civilians in the village of Talish, Martakert region.

The Karabakh war veteran continued that there are hundreds of ISIL members in Azerbaijan whose task is to fight against the Shiites.

 "But this does not mean that they do not fight against Armenians these days. Several dozen members of Islamic State group are fighting in the Azerbaijani army, this is evidenced by their brutal acts in the village of Talish and beyond. Many of our soldiers were brutally killed: this is the handwriting of the Islamic state,” Ter-Tadevosyan .