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    INJIGHULYAN: THEY THREATENED TO SHOOT IF I WISHED TO RETURN TO ARMENIA (PHOTOS)

    11:19, 02.10.2014

    YEREVAN. - Armenian military serviceman Hakob Injighulyan, who was
    held captive in Azerbaijan for more than a year, is grateful to the
    international organizations and the foreign countries for assisting
    in his release from captivity.

    Injighulyan, who returned to Armenia from a third country in the early
    morning hours on Thursday, told the numerous media representatives,
    who had come to the airport to meet him, about his ordeals while
    in captivity.

    He stressed that the decision to return to his homeland was his own,
    and added that he plans to carry out the remaining nine months of
    his military service.

    He said that he is in "good" health condition.

    Injighulyan spoke about the pressures he was subjected while in
    Azerbaijani captivity.

    "They were saying: 'If you don't do as we say, you'll share the fate
    of the [Armenian] shepherd [i.e., Manvel Saribekyan, who died in
    prison in Azerbaijan],'" he noted.

    He added that the "interview," which he had given shortly after
    being captured, was given under threat, and that the Azerbaijanis
    also attempted to get information from him.

    "Before the visit by the delegates of the International Committee
    of the Red Cross, they were telling me what to say to them. They
    were reading letters from my family, [and] dictating letters which
    I was writing.

    "They threatened, said, 'If you try to escape from captivity, or wish
    to return to Armenia, you will be shot.' That's why I went to a third
    country, and then returned to Armenia," Injighulyan informed.

    In his words, he was held captive in a military facility, where he
    also had seen other Armenians.

    On the night of August 8, 2013, Armenian soldier Hakob Injighulyan
    (born in 1991) had gotten lost and found himself in the territory under
    the control of Azerbaijan. He was taken to the Azerbaijani capital city
    Baku the next day. The ICRC was able to first meet with the Armenian
    prisoner of war on August 20. In addition, Injighulyan was made to
    wear Azerbaijani military uniform and give several "interviews."

    http://news.am/eng/news/231918.html



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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