Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 22 /Trend, K.Zarbaliyeva/
After investigating the incident, which took place in a military unit of Azerbaijan and caused the death of seven soldiers, the President of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander in Chief Ilham Aliyev made a decision to dismiss the commander of the military compound Chingiz Shafiyev, a military source told Trend on Feb. 22.
General Mayor Shafiyev was also demoted by one step.
The National Hero of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant-General Rovshan Akperov was appointed to Shafiyev's post.
Seven Azerbaijani soldiers were killed as a result of an incident in the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry's Military Unit No. N at 09:40 on Feb.20, a joint statement by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry and the country's Military Prosecutor's Office said.
As a result of the incident 19 year old Naib Guliyev (Beylagan Region Military Commissariat), 20 year old Javid Javadzade (Mingachevir Region Military Commissariat), 20 year old Nurlan Suanverdiyev (Agdam Region Military Commissariat), 19 year old Ramazan Khojberov (Balakan Region Military Commissariat), 20 year old Afgan Karimov (Balakan Region Military Commissariat), 19 year old Ahmad Huseynov (Agjabadi Region Military Commissariat ), 20 year old Zakir Guliyev (Yasamal District Military Commissariat) were killed.
A criminal case has been filed under Article 120.2.7 (deliberate murder of two or more persons).