(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 18. About 31 years havepassed since the massacre in the Azerbaijani village of Bashlibel,committed in April 1993 during the occupation of Azerbaijan'sKalbajar region by Armenia, Trend reports.
During that period, some 62 residents of the village, who failedto leave their homes in time, took refuge from the enemy inmountain caves near the village. They stayed there for 18 days. OnApril 18, the Armenians discovered the location of the villagers a result,18 villagers were killed, and 14 were taken, hostage the same time, 30 people who managed to escape, were hiding fromthe enemy for 113 days in other caves. They left their shelters andwere able to get out of the Armenian encirclement on July 17,moving along mountain trails at night time.
Information about the tragedy in Bashlibel is also reflected inthe annual report of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, andLabor for 2021 which was created in 1977 to help advance individualliberty and democratic freedoms around the world.
After the liberation of the Kalbajar district from occupation,the Azerbaijani side discovered a burial place near the caves ofthose who were brutally killed by the Armenian armed forces.
Moreover, the testimony of the surviving witnesses confirms thatduring the massacre in the village, some of the villagers weretaken hostage, and they are still considered missing.
In addition, the historical, cultural, and religious sites ofBashlibel, one of the oldest and largest villages of Kalbajar, weredestroyed during the occupation.
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