Azerbaijani general killed in border clash
Major General Polad Hashimov and Colonel Ilgar Mirzayev were killed in the fighting in the Tovuz region on 14 July in the morning.
APA reports that the statement came from Deputy Defense Minister, Lieutenant General Karim Valiyev.
He said that Major Ahmadov Namig Hajan oglu, Major Novruzov Anar Gulverdi oglu, Gizir Zeynalli Ilgar Ayaz oglu, Gizir Babayev Yashar Vasif oglu, and soldier Mustafazade Elchin Arif oglu were killed in the clash.
According to the Defense Ministry’s press service stated the fighting continued in the Tovuz region of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border on the night and morning of July 13-14.
According to the ministry’s press service, as a result of punitive measures taken to prevent the active activity of the Armenian armed forces, various military equipment, ammunition, command posts, reserves in the depths of defense and manpower belonging to it were destroyed.
Local media reported that a civilian was also killed in Tovuz. The deceased is a resident of Aghdam village of Tovuz region, Aziz Azizov, born in 1944. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry released a statement on his death:
“By such actions, Armenia is in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, including the 1949 Geneva Conventions and its obligations in this regard. We call on the international community to react harshly to the targeting of the Azerbaijani civilian population by Armenian military units and the fact that Azerbaijani civilians are the victims of Armenia’s deliberate bloody provocation and to condemn these illegal actions of Armenia. “