Commander of military compound dismissed due to incident in Azerbaijani military unit

After investigating the incident, which took place in a military unit of Azerbaijan and caused the death of Azerbaijani 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.

General Mayor Shafiyev was also demoted by one step. The National Hero of Azerbaijan, Lieutenant-General Rovshan Akperov was appointed to Shafiyev's post.

Six 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 criminal case has been filed under Article 120.2.7 (deliberate murder of two or more persons).


/Trend/

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