Khojali is tragedy of the 21 st century

The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of hundreds of ethnic

Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly on 25–26 February 1992 by the Armenian and, partially, by CIS armed forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

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.The death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians, including 106 women and 63 children.The event became the largest massacre in the course of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.100  peaceful  people  of  different  age  became  invalid  during  Khojaly  genocide. 70  old  men  were  killed.  8  families  were  comletely  annihilated, 130  children  lost  one  parents , while  25  both  of  them. 1275 residents  were  taken  hostages, the  fate  of  150  of  them  is  still  unknown.