Khojaly massacre

Khojaly Massacre
LocationKhojaly, Azerbaijan
Date25–26 February 1992
TargetAzerbaijani people
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths613 civilians
PerpetratorsArmenians

The Khojaly Massacre was the murder[1] of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians[2] from the town of Khojaly in Azerbaijan on 25–26 February 1992 by the Armenian armed forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.[3][4][5]

There were 613 people killed, including 424 men, 106 women and 83 children.[6] The massacre was the largest massacre of the Nagorno-Karabakh War.[7]

References

  1. ↑ de Waal, Thomas (2004). Black garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war. ABC-CLIO. pp. 172–173. ISBN 0-8147-1945-7.
  2. ↑ Randolph, Joseph Russell (2008). Hot spot: North America and Europe. ABC-CLIO. p. 191. ISBN 0-313-33621-0.
  3. ↑ New York Times - Massacre by Armenians Being Reported
  4. ↑ "TIME Magazine - Tragedy Massacre in Khojaly". Archived from the original on 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  5. ↑ Small Nations and Great Powers: A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Caucasus By Svante E. Cornell
  6. ↑ Letter from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office
  7. ↑ Human Rights Watch / Helsinki Azerbaijan. Seven Years of Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. New York • Washington • Los Angeles • London • Brussels: 1994, p. 6. ISBN 1-56432-142-8

Other websites

Azerbaijani websites
Armenian websites