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A protest rally to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the Khojaly massacre will be held in German city of Potsdam.

According to the Azerbaijan State Committee on Work with Diaspora, the rally, to be organized by the German-Azerbaijan Youth Association, will feature speeches condemning Armenian aggression. The rally participants will be informed on the Khojaly realities.

The rally that will last from 12.00 to 13.30 will see the adoption of a statement addressed to Germany`s government bodies and organizations.

Thousands of fleeing civilians were ambushed by Armenian forces. Punitive teams of the so-called Nagorno Karabakh defense army reached the unprotected civilians to slaughter them, mutilating and scalping some bodies. In just a few hours, 613 civilians were killed, including 106 women, 70 elderly and 83 children. A total of 1,000 civilians were disabled. 56 people were killed with outrageous brutality, eight families were totally exterminated, and 25 children lost both parents, while 130 children lost at least one parent, in what became the most brutal punishment of civilians during the three years of the conflict's military phase. Moreover, 1,275 innocent people were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 remains unknown.