List of Azerbaijani hostages in Armenia can be extended - Secretary of State Commission

Kuwait, Kuwait City, Feb. 23 / Trend , special correspondent S.Agayeva/

List of Azerbaijani hostages in Armenia can be extended, thinks Secretary of State Commission on Prisoners, Hostages and Missing citizens of Azerbaijan Shahin Sayilov.

"Today 4113 Azerbaijani citizens are registered as missing in action. Of these, in relation to 783 testimonial evidence is collected, confirming the fact of their being held hostage in the Armenian side. This list can be extended for another 80-100 people, as well as new materials on the Azerbaijani hostages in Armenia are gathered", Sayilov said to Trend .

According to Sayilov, for several years the State Commission on Prisoners, Hostages and Missing citizens of Azerbaijan is working to
bringing the realities of Azerbaijan to the world. Materials about problems of Azerbaijani citizens, who are held hostage by the Armenians, are collected by the State Commission, translated into French, English and Arabic languages and sent to all international institutions on protection the rights of citizens.

The materials describe in detail acts of violence and cruelty created by Armenians against Azerbaijani hostages.

According to the Secretary of State Commission, law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan gathered enough material to bring the Armenians, involved in these crimes.

"I have already collected the materials for 286 Armenians, who are accused of ill-treatment in relation to the Azerbaijani hostages. All they are in the international wanted list. Of these, 31 are involved in  Khojaly events. All materials on the cases forwarded to international institutions on protection of human rights and we are confident that they will appear in an international court ", - said Sayilov.

Armenian troops committed genocide in Khojali on Feb. 26, 1992. The tragedy began early morning. Within hours, over 613 unarmed Azerbaijani citizens were killed. Among them were 106 women and 83 children. About 1,000 people were disabled by shots; 8 families were fully destroyed. A total of 25 children lost both of their parents and 130 children lost one of them. About 1,275 people were taken prisoner and around 150 people went missing. Eight families were completely killed.