The Armenian men were non-combatants, people in their respective villages said. In mid-October, a video that contained graphic images and was spreading on social media showed Azerbaijani troops shooting two Armenian POWs dead. The Azerbaijani soldiers then wrap both of them in Armenian flags and shoot them from machine guns for a long time. Azerbaijani soldiers, meanwhile laughed, cheered, and celebrated the slaughter as one of them uses an ordinary knife to cut his throat. The Azerbaijanis subject the Armenian POWs and captives to physical abuse and humiliation.