Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh Alen Sargsyan, Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan are the young people abducted by Azerbaijan’s in the Berdzor corridor, at the illegal checkpoint of the Hakar bridge, writes Artsakhpress.

According to publications, they are athletes of Martuni “Avo” football team.

Let’s remind that today around 13:00 the people moving to Armenia reached the Azerbaijani illegal checkpoint located in the Lachin Corridor, near the Hakar Bridge.

According to the information obtained by the Human Rights Defender’s Office, Alen Nelsonovich Sargsyan, born in 2001, was abducted by force and coercion and taken away in an unknown direction by the representatives of the Azerbaijani border and other services.

In addition, other 5 persons from Artsakh were taken to a special room near the checkpoint for interrogation by the representatives of the border and other services of Azerbaijan. During the interrogation, various questions were asked: sport activities, the purpose of the trip to Armenia, the economic situation in Armenia and Artsakh, etc.

According to the information received, two more persons from the pre-agreed lists – Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan – did not cross the illegal checkpoint. However, it is not possible to establish a connection with them.