March 12, 2008 - 12:29 AMT
Another Azeri soldier yields himself prisoner to Armenia
On March 9 evening Azerbaijani citizen Yakub Alaverdi ogly Mukhtarov crossed the Armenian-Azeri border near the settlement of Kolagir, Tavush region, RA Defense Minister's spokesman, colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net.

"Mukhtarov said he repeatedly asked the commanding officer for treatment. Being turned down, he addressed to the brigade commander but was beaten severely. Leaving the weapon at the post, Mukhtarov crossed the border. The Azeri soldier said that numerous impact marks and bruises are the evidence of acts of violence committed against him," Shahsuvaryan said.

Yakub Alaverdi ogly Mukhtarov, born in 1988, is a native of Sheki town.