Head of EU Delegation to Azerbaijan commemorates victims of Khojaly Genocide

  26 February 2018    Read: 3786
Head of EU Delegation to Azerbaijan commemorates victims of Khojaly Genocide
"We commemorate the deaths, the suffering and the eviction of the civilian Azerbaijani population in Khojali in February 1992 with deep sorrow. Our feelings are with those who lost their loved ones or homes during these tragic events", the Head of EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Ambassador Kestutis Jankauskas stated, AzVision.az reports. 

On Feb. 25-26, 1992, the Armenian armed forces, together with the 366th infantry regiment of Soviet troops, stationed in Khankendi, committed an act of genocide against the population of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly. As many as 613 people, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old people were killed in the massacre. Eight families were totally exterminated, 130 children lost one parent and 25 children lost both. Some 1,275 innocent residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 people still remains unknown.


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