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Germany will host a series of events dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of the Khojaly genocide.

Azerbaijani MP Azay Guliyev will be on a visit to Berlin on February 20-23 to attend the events, Council of State Support to Non-Governmental Organizations under the president of Azerbaijan reported.

During the visit, the Azerbaijani MP will hold meetings at the Bundestag, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The expanding of ties between Azerbaijani and German NGOs as well as implementation of projects financed by the Council of State Support to NGOs under the president of Azerbaijan will be discussed.

In 1992, the town of Khojaly, the second largest town in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, came under intense fire from the towns of Khankendi and Askeran already occupied by the Armenian armed forces.

613 civilians mostly women and children were killed in the massacre, and a total of 1,000 people were disabled. Eight families were exterminated, 25 children lost both parents, and 130 children lost one parent.

Moreover, 1,275 innocent people were taken hostage, and the fate of 150 of them remains unknown. Civilians were shot at close range, scalped, and burned alive. Some had their eyes gouged out and others were beheaded.