Azerbaijan-Sweden Federation appeals to Swedish Parliament on Khojaly massacre
Berlin, February 26, AZERTAC
The Azerbaijan-Sweden Federation has made an appeal to the Parliament of Sweden on the Khojaly genocide`s anniversary.
The appeal says the night of 25-26 February 1992, the Armenian armed forces, with participation of the Khankendi-based 366th motorized infantry regiment of the soviet army, 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. Of the killed, 63 are children, 106 are women and 70 are elders. The military invasion completely wiped out 8 families.
