Anger and grief palpable among families who believe soldiers died in lost war for Nagorno-Karabakh
n a hillside speckled with headstones and tricolours on the outskirts of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, a thin man in aviator sunglasses sits silently in front of his son’s grave, breathing in the smell of incense.
“He dreamed of being a soldier since when he was a child,” he said. “But they had no right taking him to the frontlines after serving for just one month and 15 days.”following a 24-hour Azerbaijani offensive that Baku claims has put it in full control of the enclave, that pain is compounded by the thought that his son died in a lost war.“We demand justice for our children,” he said.
There is palpable anger over the result of the conflict. Thousands attend nightly protests that have ended with demonstrators blocking streets and hurling stones at parliament. Anger spilled over at the cemetery as family members threw punches at two MPs from the Civil Contract party led by the prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan.Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Ella Asryan remembered how her son Hrayr had fallen in love with the region through his grandparents, moving there and working as the chief architect for a regional council for three years. When the war began, he volunteered without his family knowing. He was killed in heavy shelling on 31 October, she said, but “we don’t know who killed him or how”.
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