Azerbaijan holding court hearing on case of Armenian serviceman Voskanyan UPDATED

The trial on the criminal case of Gagik Ashotovich Voskanyan, an Armenian saboteur detained in Kalbajar, has begun.

The session is being held in the administrative building of Sabunchu District Court under the chairmanship of Ganja Grave Crimes Court Judge Abdulla Mammadov, APA reports.

At the preparatory session, the profiles of the accused and victims will be clarified.

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A court hearing on the criminal case against Armenian saboteur Gagik Ashotovich Voskanyan, detained in Kalbajar district for violating the Azerbaijani border, will be held on December 4.

The hearing, which will be held at the Sabunchu District Court of Baku, will start at 10:00, Report informs.

Elvin Huseynzade, Israfil Mammadov, Khayal Dashdamirov, Ali Kerimov and Tofig Ismailov are victims in the case.

Recall that the General Prosecutor's Office initiated a criminal case on the fact of violation of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan on August 16, 2023, by a reconnaissance and sabotage group of the Armenian armed forces.

Voskanyan was charged under articles 206.3.2 (smuggling of firearms and ammunition by a group of persons by prior conspiracy), 214.2.1, 214.2.3 (terrorism with the use of firearms by a group of persons by prior conspiracy), 228.2.1 (illegal acquisition, transportation , possession of firearms by a group of persons by prior conspiracy), 283.2.1 (incitement of national, racial, social or religious hatred and enmity with the use of violence or the threat of its use) and 318.2 (illegal crossing of the state border of the Republic of Azerbaijan by a group of persons who were in a preliminary agreement conspiracy) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.