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Azerbaijani couple, 39-year-old Elchin Adimuradogly and 32-year-old Jala Salakhova, committed an act of self-immolation In front of the building of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, in protest to the demolition of their homes in Sumgait, Azerbaijani news portal "Haqqin.az" reports.

According to the article, Elchin Alimuradogly is Karabakh war veteran.

Spouses with burns of different severity have been taken to Burn Center of City Hospital. Zhali Salakhova’s condition is considered to be serious, she is in intensive care department, writes the portal.

Elchin Alimuradoglu’s sister - Yegan Makhmudova- while in the burn center told the correspondent of "Haqqin.az" about the causes of demonstrative suicide attempt, which her relatives tried to commit.

According to her, the reason of such a terrible decision was not the demolition of their homes, but the expulsion of the family from their houses and the inability to obtain a compensation.

Note that this is the third such incident within a month. On July 22, Karabakh war veteran Joshgun Nureyev committed self-immolation, and on July 25 another veteran of the Karabakh war Fagan Nasibov did.

Since December of the last year some of the disabled of Karabakh war in Azerbaijan tried to reach out to the authorities of the country by committing self-immolation acts. On December 25 of 2013, Karabakh war 2nd group disabled Zaur Hasanov committed a self-immolation in Baku as an act of protest against the violation of his civil rights by Settar Mehbaliev the chairman of Azerbaijan confederation of trade unions. The disabled argued that the official seized his territory, where he ran a small café. On January 27 a resident of Yevlakh district of Baku, Karabakh war disabled Nizami Kerimov committed an act of self-immolation in front of the building of the district department of Social Protection Fund. He did that because of the corrupt officials.

Moreover, on January 29 a resident of Alpoud village of Barda region of Azerbaijan, Maarif Veliyev, Karabakh war 2nd group disabled, committed a self-immolation in front of the Barda town's office of the executive. Veliyev for many times had come to the office of the executive of Barda region and asked them to give him a land at least of 3-5 acres but everything was in vain.

On February 15, 2014 Malik Mejidov another disabled of Karabakh war, who had doused himself with gasoline beforehand tried to set himself on fire in front of the building of the Executive Power of Sumgait city. The passers-by, however, did not allow him burn himself. The disabled man wanted to set himself to fire because of the problems he was facing in connection with his domicile.