BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 26

Trend:

Azerbaijan has honored the memory of Khojaly Genocide victims by
holding a minute of silence, Trend reports.

Ships in the Baku Bay, cars on the roads, and trains honked in
memory of the victims of the bloody events. State flags are flown
at half-mast as a sign of mourning.

During the Karabakh war, Armenian military committed an act of
genocide against the population of Azerbaijan's Khojaly town
consisting of 7,000 people on Feb. 26, 1992.

As many as 613 people, including 63 children, 106 women and 70
old people were killed as a result of the massacre. A total of
1,000 civilians became disabled in the onslaught. Eight families
were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parent, while 25
lost both parents. Some 1,275 innocent residents were taken
hostage, while the fate of 150 people still remains unknown.

The Khojaly genocide became one of the most terrible and tragic
pages of Azerbaijani history.