(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 26
Trend:
During the Karabakh war, Armenian military 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, while the fate of 150 people still remains unknown.
All these acts were committed by Armenian military with extreme
mercilessness and inconceivable barbarism. The second battalion of
366th regiment under the command of Major Seyran Ohanian, the third
battalion under the command of Yevgeniy Nabokhin, staff chief of
the first battalion Valeriy Chitchyan and more than 50 officers and
ensigns took part in the attack, according to 'The Investigation
Materials Concerning Khojaly Occupation'.
The town residents who attempted to flee, were killed by
Armenians in ambushes. According to the Russian Remedial Center
Memorial, corpses were brought from Khojaly to Aghdam. Facts of
humiliation on dozens of bodies were registered. Forensic
examination in Aghdam was performed on 181 corpses, including 13
children. The examination revealed that 151 people died from bullet
wounds, 20 people died from shrapnel wounds, 10 were killed with
blunt instruments. Facts of scalping people alive were also
revealed.
The Khojaly genocide became one of the most terrible and tragic
pages of Azerbaijani history.
The Nagorno-Karabakh events, which began in 1988, led to
destruction of towns and villages, murder of thousands of innocent
people, as well as the exile of hundreds of thousands of
Azerbaijanis from their historical lands.
International organizations and parliaments of world countries
should give political and legal assessment to the Khojaly genocide
committed by Armenia in Azerbaijan's territories.
The parliaments of several countries have made decisions
recognizing the Khojaly genocide.
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