Azerbaijan preparing for 30th anniversary of Khojaly genocide
Date
2/16/2022 5:23:41 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 16
By Farid Zohrabov - Trend:
The preparation is underway for the events dedicated to the 30th
anniversary of the Khojaly genocide in the park in the Khatai
district of Azerbaijan's Baku city, in which the Cry of the Mother
monument has been erected, Head of the Department for Social,
Political and Humanitarian Issues of the Executive Power of Khatai
district Panah Imanov told Trend .
Imanov added that landscaping work is underway in the park,
flowers are being planted.
“As in previous years, banners about the genocide are planned to
be fixed on the facades of buildings along Khojaly Avenue this
year,” the head of the department said.“The work will be completed
soon.”
During the First Karabakh War, Armenia committed an act of
genocide against the population of Azerbaijan's Khojaly town
consisting of 7,000 people on Feb. 26, 1992.
As many as 613 people, including 63 children, 106 women, and 70
old people were killed as a result of the massacre. A total of
1,000 civilians became disabled in the onslaught. Eight families
were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parent, while 25
lost both parents. Some 1,275 innocent residents were taken,
hostage.
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