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Azeri forces accused of beheading Armenian soldier
Azerbaijani soldiers and firefighters look for survivors from destroyed houses in a residential area in Ganja, Azerbaijan's second largest city, near the border with Armenia, after rocket fire overnight by Armenian forces for second time in a week, last Saturday

AZERI soldiers have been accused of beheading an Armenian and taunting the victim’s family by posting a photo of his decapitated head on social media, human rights defenders said today.

Human Rights Defenders of Armenia spokesman Arman Tatoyan said the incident took place on Friday when a member of Azerbaijan’s armed forces phoned the brother of an Armenian soldier and said he had been captured.

Azerbaijani troops then beheaded the Armenian and posted the photo on his brother’s Facebook page.

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