US ambassador honors memory of all who lost their lives in Azerbaijan's Khojaly genocide
Date
2/26/2022 2:10:25 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 26
By Humay Aghajanova – Trend:
US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic
of Azerbaijan Earle Litzenberger made a post on twitter to
commemorate the 30th anniversary of Azerbaijan's Khojaly genocide,
Trend reports.
'Today, we join with Azerbaijanis mourning and acknowledging all
who lost their lives in Khojaly in 1992,' the ambassador wrote.
During the first Karabakh war, on Feb. 25-26, 1992, the Armenian
Armed Forces, supported by the 366th infantry regiment of Soviet
troops, stationed in Khankendi city, committed an act of genocide
against the population of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly.
As many as 613 civil residents, including 63 children, 106
women, and 70 old people were killed in the massacre, 1,000 people
were injured, and 1,275 were taken, hostage.
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