In February 1992, an unprecedented massacre was committed against the Azerbaijani population in the town of Khojaly. This bloody tragedy, which be came known as the Khojaly genocide,involved the extermination or capture of the thousands of Azerbaijanis; the town was razed to the ground. Over the night from 25 to 26 February 1992 the Armenian armed forces with the help of the infantry guards regiment No. 366 of the former USSR implemented the seizure of Khojaly – a small town situated in the Nagorny Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the total area of 0.94 sq. km. and the population before the conflict of 23,757 ... #JusticeForKhojaly
In a few hours of night from 25 to 26 February 613 civilians were killed including 106 women, 83 children. 56 people were killed with outrageous brutality, 8 families were totally exterminated, 25 children lost both parents while 130 children lost at least one parent in a massacre which has become the most brutal punishment of civilians during the whole 3 years of the conflict’s military phase.
Штурм города начался в ночь с 25 на 26 февраля. В 23 часа начался мощный артиллерийский обстрел Ходжалы. После обстрела армянские отряды при участии 366 мотострелкового полка СНГ расквартированн ого в Ханкенди, начали входить в город. По свидетельствам очевидцев, личный состав и боевая техника 366 п