Khojaly Massacre

The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians^[3] from the town of Khojaly on 25–26 February 1992 by the Armenian and, partially, by CIS armed forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to the Azerbaijani side, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers,^[4][5] the massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment, apparently not acting on orders from the command.^[6][7] The death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians, including 106 women and 83 children.^[8] The event became the largest massacre in the course of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.^[9]

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