Memorial stone on the grave of a soldier perished in the Karabakh war. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the Caucasian Knot

27 September 2021, 13:49

Armenia: IC updates Karabakh war casualties

On the part of Armenia, in the Karabakh war that began a year ago, a total of 3781 persons perished; 253 other persons are still listed as missing, the Armenian Investigating Committee (IC) has informed.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh were conducted from September 27 to November 9, 2020. Armenia lost 3773 persons perished; and other 243 regarded as missing, Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister, said on August 24. Relatives of the missing people have repeatedly demanded from the Armenian government to take measures to find them, and held protest actions – one of them was held on August 27.

Today is one year since the start of the 2020 Karabakh war.

The Armenia's IC has published updated data on the country's losses in the 2020 Karabakh war. According to the IC, as of September 27, 2021, a total of 3781 people perished during the hostilities; other 231 military servicemen and 22 civilians are regarded as missing, the "News-Armenia" has reported today.

The IC has added that by September 27, overall 108 servicemen and civilians had been returned from Azerbaijani captivity, the "News.am" informs.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on September 27, 2021 at 10:36 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

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