Baku, February 27, AZERTAC
The Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUOIC) has issued a statement on the 29th anniversary of Khojaly Genocide. The document was published on the organization s official website (en.puic.org).
The statement reads: “29 years have passed since the occupation of the Khojaly town and the genocide of its civilian residents in February 26, 1992, one of the bitterest consequences of the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan.
After blockade of Khojaly town by the occupant Armenian armed forces, around 2,500 remaining civilians fleeing to reach the nearest safe area in order to survive were ambushed and brutally killed or captured near Nakhchivanly and Pirjamal villages. Others, mainly women and children died from frostbite while wandering in the mountains.
Baku, February 27, AZERTAC
Daily News Hungary, which is known as one of the top English-language online media resources of the country, has published an article by special correspondent of AZERTAC Parvana Garayeva headlined Khojaly genocide marks its 29th anniversary .
The article reads: “On the night of February 25-26, 1992, the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, the irregular local Armenian bands together with the 366th Soviet Motorized Infantry Regiment encircled and attacked the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan with the aim to ethnically cleanse the settlement. As a result of the military action, 613 civilians were killed, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 elderly people. In the course of the slaughter 487 inhabitants were severely dismembered, some were burned alive, beheaded, some were mutilated, and others were scalped. Another 1,000 people were wounded and 1,275 people were taken hostage. To date, 150 people from Khojal
Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on the 29th anniversary of Khojaly genocide. AZERTAC presents the statement: “February 26, 2021, marks the 29th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide committed by the armed forces
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