Azerbaijani, Turkish Diasporas to hold event on Khojaly genocide anniversary in Hamburg
Representatives of the Azerbaijani and Turkish Diasporas in Germany will organize an event commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Khojaly genocide in Hamburg on Sunday.
According to the Azerbaijan State Committee on Work with Diaspora, the Khoja, a movie by Azerbaijani filmmaker Vahid Mustafayev, will be screened at the event organized by the Buta Society.
On the night of 25-26 February 1992, the Armenian armed forces, with participation of the Khankendi-based 366th motorized infantry regiment, attacked and ruined, in one night, the town of Khojaly, which had been encircled during months. In this bloody act, they brutally slaughtered civilians, murdering 613 people, abusing corpses, taking 1275 hostages. Of them, the fate of 150 remains unknown. Among the killed, 63 were children, 106 were women and 70 were elders. The military invasion completely wiped out 8 families.
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