Azerbaijani forces on Friday captured and killed a 65-year-old Artsakh resident, who had accidentally veered into occupied Azerbaijani territory while shepherding his cattle.
Seyran Smbat Sargsyan (b. 1956), a resident of the Chartar village in the Martuni region of Artsakh was shot when he wandered into territory now under the control of Azerbaijani forces, the Artsakh foreign ministry reported.nt.
“Such a terrorist and barbaric act is a manifestation of the state-sponsored genocidal and anti-Armenian policy in Azerbaijan, which was carried out at the instructions of the highest authorities of Azerbaijan. A proof of this is the false statement spread by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, which justifies the terrorist act of the Azerbaijani military,” added the Artsakh foreign ministry.
“Official Baku’s conduct is a gross violation of international law, international humanitarian law, disrespect for all the agreements reached and is aimed at intimidating the people of Artsakh and forcing them to leave their homeland,” explained the ministry, adding that Azerbaijan’s aggression “is also a major blow to Russia’s peacekeeping mission.”
In condemning Sagsyan’s killing, the Artsakh Foreign Ministry also called on the international community to provide an “adequate assessment to the unbridled actions of Azerbaijan.”
“We strongly condemn and consider the killing of a civilian by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in gross violation of international humanitarian law inadmissible,” Armenia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan said in a statement on Friday.
“It is worth noting that the attacks and acts of terrorism against the Armenian civilian population of Artsakh have become systemic, which is the result of justifying previous similar crimes committed by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces with baseless motives by Baku, which leads to a recurrence of such behavior,” said Hunanyan.
“The recent atrocities committed by the Azerbaijani armed forces against the civilian population of Artsakh are a continuation of Azerbaijani authorities’ policy of anti-Armenianism, eviction and ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, which once again proves that guaranteeing the physical security and right to life of Artsakh Armenians is impossible under Azerbaijani jurisdiction,” added Hunanyan, who urged for a proper investigation of this and previous Azerbaijani attack on civilians, adding that “bringing the perpetrators to justice can create the preconditions for preventing similar crimes in the future.”
i got a weapon and all azeri wild animals i see there will be history asap- they are nothings- RIP our brother
You should be running the nation. They’re all talk and no action.
This is why, when you do retaliate against these animal-like humanoids, all of a sudden, the world’s human rights activists spread the word of “cruelty” in a fake place, called the UN.
Ignore the useless UN and defend the nation and the people.
These indiscriminate killings are not only systemic but they are also very deliberate and symbolic. They don’t care who they are shooting at, a soldier or a civilian, because their aim is to kill and destroy anything and anyone Armenian. These kinds of terrorist activities require a major response. Other than the reasons given in the article for these tragic and terrorist acts by filthy and despicable enemy, I would add that these attacks are also as a direct result of Armenian government’s initial and continued passive approach to such criminal activities and a consequence of Armenian leadership’s defeatist policies. What do they think is going to happen when they order the Armenian armed forces not to engage the enemy? How do they think the sadistic enemy is going to treat our civilian population in border towns and villages when they leave those people and regions unprotected? As if they don’t know what type of enemy they are dealing with. The more passive they become the more active the enemy gets. The enemy only understands the language of force and let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind about that.
There are times that one has to throw caution to the wind. We need to be bold and plan a major attack and kill hundreds and take hundreds more as hostages. The enemy won’t stop aggressive actions until it feels the strength and resolve of the Armenian nation on its skin once again like it did a quarter century ago and through the last several decades since. Forget dysfunctional UN & the EU. We need to take our destiny into our own hands and dictate our will onto the enemy ourselves with force. Stop making empty statements and instead plan and prepare for action. We need to spill Azerbaijani blood in massive scale to sober them up. And the top leaderships of all the enemies involved in this war should be made to face and pay for their crimes. We must not let them get away with their crimes.