YEREVAN. - The Investigative Committee of Armenia has launched a case into the violations of the international humanitarian law provisions during the military conflict in Karabakh on the ground of Article 390 (6) of the Armenian Criminal Code. 

On April 10, the bodies of 18 Armenian soldiers killed as a result of the aggression unleashed by the Azerbaijani side on April 2-5, were handed over to the Armenian side through the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Chairperson-in-Office of the Office of the Personal Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

The external examination of the bodies by forensic experts has revealed numerous injuries, as well as traces of torture and mockery.

The Investigative Committee has commissioned an expert examination to find out the cause of the death of each serviceman, the nature of their bodily injuries, their severity level, the cause-and-effect relationship to their deaths, as well as the time of causing injury – before or after death.

Additional  information on the expert examination results will be provided later.