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The units of the Artak Defense Army have captured another terrorist whose interrogation comes to prove about the presence of mercenaries, fighting on the Azerbaijani side in Nagorno Karabakh.

The press service at the Defense Army has released the interrogation of the jihadist mercenary from Syria.

The captive jihadist identifies himself as Mehrad Mohammed Alshkher. He is from Syrian town Hama, married and a father of three. The captive confessed that he had occurred in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone on October 19 along with 250 other terrorists. They were promised 2,000 USD which was never paid. In his words, his comrades left him on the battlefield when he was injured.

According to him, the Azerbaijani Army pushes them to the front during the battles, while Azerbaijani servicemen are placed on the second or third line of attack. It is reported that before being transferred into Azerbaijan, Alshkher partook in camp training with Turkish instructors.