BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 28. An awareness
campaign is being held in the Italian capital of Rome in order to
spread information about the Khojaly genocide to the Italian public
more widely and to attract the attention of the local population,
as well as tourists, to this tragedy, the State Committee on Work
with Diaspora told Trend.
As part of the international campaign "Justice for Khojaly!",
educational events are continuing in Italy with the support of the
committee and the organization of the Italian-Azerbaijani
Union.
Moreover, video clips and information boards related to the
Khojaly genocide will be shown on monitors in major public places
with intensive human traffic - metro stations and bus stops - for
seven days.
On the night from February 25-26, 1992, Armenian armed forces
attacked Khojaly, which had been under blockade since October 1991,
with its road and energy connections severed, and carried out mass
atrocities against Azerbaijani civilians. The massacre was
perpetrated with the assistance of the 366th Motorized Rifle
Regiment of the former Soviet Armed Forces.
During the killings, 613 people were brutally murdered,
including 63 children, 106 women, and 70 elderly persons. A total
of 487 people sustained injuries of varying degrees, 1275 were
taken captive and subjected to torture, 8 families were
annihilated, 130 children lost one parent, and 25 lost both
parents. The fate of many hostages remains unknown.
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