1lurer.am. A 22-year-old student from Nagorno-Karabakh has been kidnapped by Azerbaijani border guards in the illegal checkpoint in Lachin Corridor while traveling to Armenia with a Russian peacekeeping escort, the Nagorno-Karabakh InfoCenter said.
The official Nagorno-Karabakh InfoCenter identified the kidnapping victim as Alen N. Sargsyan (born 2001). He was traveling to Armenia to continue his education in Yerevan.
The motive behind the kidnapping is unclear.
“Azerbaijan continues its genocidal policy against the people of Artsakh, once again violating the norms of international humanitarian law. Details on the incident will be reported later,” the Nagorno-Karabakh InfoCenter said in a statement.
