Ten years ago today azerbaijani Ramil Safarov ruthlessly murdered Armenian sergeant Gourgen Margaryan. They both were members of NATO ‘Partnership for peace’ program. Margaryan was sleeping when Safarov murdered him with 16 hits of an ax.
In 2006 Court of Budapest sentenced Safarov a life sentence with 30 years without right for pardon. In August 31, 2012 Hungary extradited Safarov to Azerbaijan. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev pardoned Safarov and granted him heroic ranking, made him a Major, a house and a street named after him.