Between 1988 and 2023, 1,698 Azerbaijanis were taken hostage by Armenians in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region and surrounding areas, with over a hundred different torture methods being applied, Prosecutor Fuad Musayev said while announcing the indictment during the trial of persons of Armenian origin accused of committing war crimes, Report informs.

Musayev stated 170 hostages, both civilians and military, were deliberately killed through torture and inhumane treatment: