613 Khojaly civilians were killed and 487 were wounded (76 children), and 1275 were captured during the genocide committed by Armenians.
21 years have passed since Armenians committed genocide in the Khojaly town of Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces, with the help of the 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Soviet Army occupied the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly and slaughtered civilians on the night of February 25-26, 1992.
Armenian military units, with the help of the 366th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the USSR based in Khankandi attacked on Khojaly on February 25, 1992. 2500 Khojaly residents, who remained in the encircled town, began to move towards Aghdam. But Armenians attacked on them from ambush. 613 civilians, as well as 63 children, 106 women and 70 old people were killed atrociously, 8 families were killed, 25 children lost both of their parents, 130 one of them, 487 were wounded (76 of them are children), 1275 were captured, 150 were missing.
It caused $170m damage to the state and people in real price of 01.04.1992.
Khojaly genocide victims are commemorated every year in Azerbaijan and other countries with deep mourning. Azerbaijani embassies and Diaspora organizations arrange commemoration ceremonies demonstrating photos, documentaries which describe truth about genocide in Khojaly.
"Justice for Khojaly" campaign was launched in February of 2009 on the initiative of the General Coordinator for Intercultural Dialogue of the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue Leyla Aliyeva. The purpose of the campaign is to inform the international community about Khojaly tragedy, provide moral and political assessment of the tragedy in the international arena and at commemoration on the international level. International coordinator of the campaign is www.justiceforkhojaly.org.
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