President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev shared a post on his social media accounts on the occasion of the 20 January tragedy, AzVision.az reports.
In January 1990, a bloody massacre was committed against civilians who had taken to the streets and squares in protest at Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan and the biased policy of the former USSR leadership. Soviet troops rolled on Baku, as well as a number of regions of Azerbaijan, without any warning whatsoever, brutally killing a total of 147 people. 744 people were injured and 841 were illegally arrested during the incidents.
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