(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 26. The Azerbaijani
people will never forget the Khojaly massacre, the Chairperson of
the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs of
Azerbaijan Bahar Muradova told reporters, Trend reports.
“We'll never forget the Khojaly massacre and its victims.
Azerbaijan won't allow such an incident to occur on even an inch of
its territory, against its citizens and compatriots. Azerbaijan has
fully ensured its territorial integrity.
Today, the countries and peoples of the world understand and
accept the fact that Azerbaijan is a very important actor in the
ongoing regional and global processes,” she emphasized.
To note, today Azerbaijan is marking the 32nd anniversary of
Khojaly massacre. On the night of February 25-26, 1992, Khojaly
city was occupied by Armenia's armed forces with the assistance of
the former USSR's 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment following massive
artillery shelling.
As a result of the occupation, 613 people, including 63
children, 106 women, 70 elderly citizens were brutally murdered,
eight families were completely wiped out, 130 children lost one of
their parents, and 25 children lost both of their parents. The fate
of 150 people, including 68 women and 26 children out of 1275
people, who were taken prisoner and hostage as well as cruelly
tortured is still unknown.
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