New mass grave discovered in Khojaly Investigation underway / PHOTO

A mass grave was discovered in the territory of Malibayli village of Khojaly district during excavation works on April 24.

As the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan reported to Caliber.Az, representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office, the National Academy of Sciences, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, as well as forensic experts from the Ministry of Health, arrived at the scene.

During the initial investigation, it was determined that individuals engaged in restoration and construction works in the liberated territories had discovered human remains on the surface of the soil in the Malibayli village of the Khojaly district (an area called "Mahalla" established in 1988).

During the inspection, bone fragments belonging to at least six individuals were found while excavation works were conducted.

Currently, work to identify the human entirely remains at the site is underway; inspection, as well as other necessary procedural actions, are ongoing with the participation of court-medical experts and specialists to determine the identity of the victims and the duration of their burial in the soil.

The Department of Criminalistics and Information Technologies of the Prosecutor General's Office is investigating the fact. The results will be provided to the public.

The bone remains were sent for examination.

Proceedings on the fact are ongoing.