Azerbaijan, Baku, May 29 / Trend , A. Huseynbala/
First Vice Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament says soldiers were not poisoned from food in a mass manner in the Garaheybat Troop Training Center in Garadagh District of Baku
"Member of parliament Aydin Mirzazade has been to the military unit. I contacted the Defense Ministry officials and studied the incident. I am confident that the reports claiming that the soldiers were poisoned from food are untrue," parliament's First Vice President and Chairman of Security and Defense Committee Ziyafat Asgarov said.
As many as 164 soldiers have been hospitalized with the Military Clinic Hospital for mass food poisoning in the Garaheybat Troop Training Center in Garadagh district of Baku on May 26.
A total of 158 soldiers returned to the service place after examination. Six of them are still undergoing treatment as extra diseases have been revealed in them. Their condition is satisfactory.
The Military Prosecutor Office has filed a suit over the case.
Training Center has operated since 2004. The staff of commanders of all types of troops is trained here. Trainings are held for 3 to 6 months.
On May 28, member of the Group for Public Control over Army and member of parliament Aydin Mirzazade and a group of journalists visited Garaheybat Troop Training Center in Garadagh District of Baku to get acquainted with condition of the soldiers.
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