Azerbaijani diaspora in Sweden holds rally to commemorate Khojaly massacre
Azerbaijani diaspora activists have held a rally outside Armenia's Embassy in Stockholm to commemorate the 24th anniversary of Khojaly genocide, when the Armenian armed forced killed innocent Azerbaijani civilians.
The rally aimed to condemn the genocide and increase the Swedish
society's awareness of it.
The diaspora activists urged the international community to
recognize the genocide and make the perpetrators face the full
force of the law.
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 in 1992.
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.
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