During extensive restoration and reconstruction works carried out near a water reservoir in the vicinity of the Galadarasi area of Khojaly city on March 28th, buried bone fragments and remains, believed to be of human origin, were uncovered, according to information provided to the Khojaly District Prosecutor’s Office.
Acting upon this information, experts from various institutions, including the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Ministry of Health’s Public Legal Entity “The Association of Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy”, the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, and the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons, conducted an on-site inspection. The discovered fragments were collected for expert examination and laboratory tests, and necessary procedural actions were taken.
These investigations revealed that the human remains belong to at least three individuals. Efforts are currently ongoing to thoroughly examine the scene.
The Department of Criminalistics and Information Technologies of the Prosecutor General’s Office leads the investigation. Once the search operations are completed and the relevant expertise results are determined, the public will receive further information.
