Khojali

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Khojali (Azerbaijani: Xocalı), also called Khojaly, is a town and a rayon in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, now under the control of ethnically Armenian separatists. It was the location of the Khojaly massacre in February 1992. The local separatist government has designated it as the province of Askeran.

[edit] The Khojaly massacre

Main article: Khojaly Massacre

According to the Azerbaijanis, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers, a massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Letter from the Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office