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Armenia’s National Security Service said an Azerbaijani serviceman crossed into Armenian territory and was later detained.
“Operative Information Center-OMM”, citing Armenia’s National Security Service, reports that on Sept. 29 Azerbaijan’s State Security Service informed its Armenian counterpart that a serviceman from an Azerbaijani military unit had left his place of service under unknown circumstances.
According to the report, an unauthorized crossing of the border into the Republic of Armenia could not be ruled out. The relevant agencies of Azerbaijan and Armenia then conducted search operations.
Armenia’s National Security Service said that at 2:15 p.m. on Oct. 1, the 112 operational management center of Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs received a report that an Armenian citizen had suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in the settlement of Shaki, Syunik province.
Operational teams from various police units of Armenia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs were dispatched to the scene.
According to the Armenian side, the measures taken established that the person who fired the shot was an Azerbaijani serviceman, who was detained.
The report said details of the incident had also been provided to the Azerbaijani side.
Armenia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into the incident.
Armenia’s National Security Service did not provide further details.
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A criminal case has been opened over the disappearance of an Azerbaijani serviceman in the Lachin direction.
The Prosecutor General’s Office told “Operative Information Center-OMM” about the case.
Some social media accounts reported that Nasimi Rasim oghlu Musayev, a serviceman undergoing compulsory military service at a unit deployed in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Lachin district, had gone missing.
We report that on Sept. 26, 2026, a search for Nasimi Musayev began after he failed to report to his place of service and his whereabouts could not be established. The relevant forces of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Emergency Situations conducted the necessary search operations.
Separately, the Military Prosecutor’s Office conducted an inquiry to establish the circumstances of the incident. The inquiry found reasonable grounds to suspect that Nasimi Musayev had left his military unit without authorization.
Based on materials gathered during the inquiry, the Investigative Department of the Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan opened a criminal case under the relevant article of the Criminal Code. Necessary investigative and other procedural actions are continuing.
The measures taken established that Nasimi Musayev was in the territory of the Republic of Armenia and had been detained by the relevant authorities of that country.
Relevant Azerbaijani state agencies are continuing necessary contacts with their counterparts to clarify Nasimi Musayev’s presence and detention in the territory of the Republic of Armenia, as well as other circumstances of the incident.
Further information on the investigation and its results will be provided to the public in accordance with legal requirements.
