Azerbaijani captive M. Khojoyan was injected with drugs dangerous to life

During his captivity in Azerbaijan, 77-year-old Mamikon Khojoyan, a resident of Verin Karmiraghbyur village in Armenia’s Tavush province, was injected with psychotropic drugs and substances containing oil products and dangerous to life and health, the results of his blood and urine tests showed.

“Quite a large amount of psychotropic drugs and oil products were found in his blood. Yet those injections were not the immediate cause of Mamikon Khojoyan’s death,” an employee of the Armenian police press service told Aysor.am.

“Examinations done after Mamikon Khojoyan’s death showed that he died from a general intoxication of the body, which was a consequence of various diseases,” the press office employee added.

Mamikon Khojoyan was held captive by Azerbaijan for a month. Numerous traces of torture were found on the elderly man’s body after his release. He died on May 20.