Azerbaijani citizen captured while trying to cross border into Karabakh

An Azerbaijani citizen was taken captive by Karabakh frontier guards as he was attempting to cross the NKR state border in the northeastern direction (Verin Chaylu) around 6:10 pm on September 5.

The Stepanakert Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been notified about the incident.

Mamedov Javid Samiroglu was handed over to the respective agencies in NKR, the press service of NKR Defense Ministry reports.