Azerbaijani State Budget Allocated Means for Next Examination in Mass Burial Places of Guba

Azerbaijan, Guba / Trend corr. A.Gafarova / Maisa Rahimova , the director of the Azerbaijani Archeology and Ethnography Institute of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan (NASA), stated during the conference held on the 5th of June that the State budget of Azerbaijani allocated AZN 93,000 for the examination of the mass area of burial in the Guba region of Azerbaijan and expansion of excavation territory.

The necessary equipment was purchased due to these means. The mass burial in Guba was found during the construction of the Guba State Stadium. An expert said that the disorderly burial of the bodies and many other factors made it evident that the victims were sacrifices of the Armenian genocide in 1918.

Karim Tagiyev , the Prosecutor of Guba , stated during the conference that the criminal case has not yet been filed over these facts. The reason for this is due to the absence of medical and anatomic examination of the bodies.

Aziman Aliyev, the head of the Executive body of Guba , stated that the museum would be constructed later in the future. The State has already held discussions over the issue.

Yagub Ahmadov , the director of the History Institute of the NASA, was informed about the examinations which took place and spoke about the genocide committed in Guba . Where 918, 2,213 Azerbaijanis were killed by the Armenians in Guba .