BODIES OF AZERBAIJANI HEROES RETURNED TO AZERBAIJAN

The bodies of Azerbaijani servicemen Mubariz Ibrahimov and Farid Ahmadov will be returned to their families today, the secretary of the Azerbaijani State Commission on POWs, Hostages and Missing People, Shahin Sayilov told Trend.

The servicemen' bodies will be taken to the Taza Pir mosque. Here the bodies will be prepared for burial in accordance with the religious traditions and then taken to the Defense Ministry.

There will be organized a farewell ceremony for Ibrahimov and Ahmadov, who sacrificed their lives for the motherland, at the Defense Ministry. Following the ceremony, the servicemen will be buried.

Mubariz Ibrahimov and Farid Ahmadov will be buried in the second Alley of Honors, the secretary of the Azerbaijani State Commission on POWs, Hostages and Missing People, Shahin Sayilov told Trend. Armenia transferred their bodies to the Azerbaijani side on Saturday.


Earlier, Azerbaijan transferred to Armenia the body of Manvel Saribekyan, who earlier committed suicide, while Armenia liberated Azerbaijani citizen Eldar Tagiyev from captivity.

Armenian soldiers killed Azerbaijani officer Farid Ahmadov on September 4, and ensign Mubariz Ibrahimov showed heroism in an armed incident at the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops on June 18, killing four and wounding four Armenian servicemen.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to confer posthumous title of "National Hero" upon Ibrahimov July 22.


/Trend/

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