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'''Ramil Safarov''' ({{lang-az|Ramil Səfərov}}) was a lieutenant in the [[Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani]] Army. |
'''Ramil Safarov''' ({{lang-az|Ramil Səfərov}}) was a lieutenant in the [[Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani]] Army. |
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He was born in 1977 in the town of [[Jabrayil]], which is currently controlled by ethnic Armenian forces, and comes from a refugee family. [http://www.iwpr.net/?p=crs&s=f&o=261218&apc_state=henpcrs] In February of [[2004]], while attending a [[NATO]] [[Partnership for Peace]] program, Safarov was arrested by [[Hungary|Hungarian]] police for the murder of [[Armenia|Armenian]] fellow participant Lieutenant [[Gurgen Markaryan]]. Markaryan had been hacked to death with an axe and a knife. In addition to Markaryan's murder, Safarov had attempted to murder captain [[Hayk Makuchyan]], another Armenian. [http://www.armenianow.com/archive/2004/2004/march05/news/witness/index.asp.htm] A Budapest policeman commented that the murder had been conducted "with unusual cruelty," adding: "beside a number of knife wounds on his chest, the victim's head was practically severed from his body." [http://www.geocities.com/master8885/Forces/NATO.html] Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed condolences to the family of Gurgen Markaryan.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
He was born in 1977 in the town of [[Jabrayil]], which is currently controlled by ethnic Armenian forces, and comes from a refugee family. [http://www.iwpr.net/?p=crs&s=f&o=261218&apc_state=henpcrs] In February of [[2004]], while attending a [[NATO]] [[Partnership for Peace]] program, Safarov was arrested by [[Hungary|Hungarian]] police for the murder of [[Armenia|Armenian]] fellow participant Lieutenant [[Gurgen Markaryan]]. Markaryan had been hacked to death with an axe and a knife. In addition to Markaryan's murder, Safarov had attempted to murder captain [[Hayk Makuchyan]], another Armenian. [http://www.armenianow.com/archive/2004/2004/march05/news/witness/index.asp.htm] A Budapest policeman commented that the murder had been conducted "with unusual cruelty," adding: "beside a number of knife wounds on his chest, the victim's head was practically severed from his body." [http://www.geocities.com/master8885/Forces/NATO.html] Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed condolences to the family of Gurgen Markaryan.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
Revision as of 21:44, 24 March 2007
Ramil Safarov (Azerbaijani: Ramil Səfərov) was a lieutenant in the Azerbaijani Army. He was born in 1977 in the town of Jabrayil, which is currently controlled by ethnic Armenian forces, and comes from a refugee family. [1] In February of 2004, while attending a NATO Partnership for Peace program, Safarov was arrested by Hungarian police for the murder of Armenian fellow participant Lieutenant Gurgen Markaryan. Markaryan had been hacked to death with an axe and a knife. In addition to Markaryan's murder, Safarov had attempted to murder captain Hayk Makuchyan, another Armenian. [2] A Budapest policeman commented that the murder had been conducted "with unusual cruelty," adding: "beside a number of knife wounds on his chest, the victim's head was practically severed from his body." [3] Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed condolences to the family of Gurgen Markaryan.[citation needed]
A lower court sentenced Safarov to life imprisonment on charges of premeditated murder with extreme cruelty.
External links
- Budapest Case - on the murder of Lt. Gurgen Margaryan: Safarov's testimony, eye-witness accounts.