On August 14, an Azerbaijani platoon commander was charged with the attempted rape of a new conscript in a storage facility located on the military base. The soldier later committed suicide by hanging himself. The report was provided to Hetq by an Azerbaijani journalist who has been granted political refugee status in Europe. Official Azerbaijani military outlets have remained silent on the matter. Non-official sources have reported the suicide as the result of non-sanctioned interpersonal relations; failing to note the underlying cause of the tragic incident. On June 7 of this year, an Azerbaijani military court sentenced two military servicemen to life imprisonment for sexual assault and another to 15 years. The trial of three others charged under the same indictment started August 5.