One of the central streets in the town of Zangilan. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the Caucasian Knot

02 March 2021, 14:02

Searches for dead bodies resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh

Today, Nagorno-Karabakh rescuers have resumed searches for the bodies and remains of military servicemen and civilians in the battlefields of the conflict zone, the emergency service of the unrecognized republic has announced.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that by February 13, the total number of bodies and remains found by Karabakh rescuers at battlefields in the conflict zone reached 1374.

After a two-week break, today, Karabakh rescuers resumed searching, in battlefields in the conflict zone, for of dead soldiers and civilians.

The searches are conducted by four rescue teams of the State Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh; the search work was stopped on February 15 at the request of the Azerbaijani party. The total number of bodies and remains of militaries and civilians found in the conflict zone since November 13, 2020, is 1485, the 'Sputnik Armenia" has reported today with reference to the rescuers of Nagorno-Karabakh.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 2, 2021 at 11:48 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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