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The trial of the two members of an Azerbaijani commando group, Dilham Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev, began in Nagorno-Karabakh capital Stepanakert on Monday, the NKR Judicial Department reports.

The saboteurs infiltrated Karvachar in the summer of 2014.

Dilham Askerov, 54, and Shahbaz Guliyev, 46, are charged under the NKR Criminal Code’s Article 316 (spying), Article 350 part 2 (violation of the NKR’s border by an organized group), Article 245 part 3 (illegal carrying of arms and ammunition), Article 129 part 3 point 1 (kidnapping, actions against a minor with the use of arms), Article 103 part 2 points 3,7,14 (murder combined with kidnapping by an organized group out of ethnic hatred) and Articles 33 and 103 part 1 point 14 (attempted murder of two or more people by an organized group out of ethnic hatred).

The two saboteurs killed 17-year-old resident of Nagorno-Karabakh and a major of the Armenian armed forces. They also severely wounded a woman.

The third saboteur – Hasan Hasanov was killed when he offered resistance during his capture.