Azerbaijan completing forensic examination of human remains in Edilli village

The forensic medical examination of the bone remains found in liberated Kojavand's Edilli village is nearing completion.

Nurana Huseynova, head of the medical forensics department of the Association of Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Health, told reporters, APA reports.

She noted that during the forensic examination of the remains, the duration of their stay in the ground will be determined, the samples will be irradiated with ultraviolet radiation.

“Then DNA samples will be taken. One of the important issues facing us is the identification and transfer of the remains to close relatives,” she said.

On October 4, another mass grave of Azerbaijani military personnel, killed by the Armenian armed forces in the first Karabakh war (1988-1994), was found in Khojavand District’s Edilli village.

In the same vein, the Military Prosecutor's Office has initiated a criminal investigation into the discovery of landmines in Dashkasan District, the Prosecutor-General’s Office said in a separate report.

In 1993, some 25 prisoners of war, presumably servicemen of the Azerbaijani army, were killed and buried massively on the basis of national hatred by Armenians in Khojavand’s Edilli village, the prosecutor’s office added.

Following an inspection of the territory of Edilli village, the remains of seven individuals were discovered and taken from a mass grave on February 23-26, and the remains of 18 more people were located and removed on September 14-30.