In Turkey, a group of unknown men attacked the stand representing the Azerbaijani version of Aghdam events taken place in 1992 and known by the Azerbaijani side as “Khojalu”. According to “Haber7.com” seven people have been beaten as a result of the incident.
To the event of collecting signatures for pro-Azerbaijani petition, organized by the Hekberyu Tyurkchilyar Association a group of oppositionists rushed in, smashed the stand and attacked the persons responsible for the event beating them with stones, sticks and glass bottles.
On February 26, 1992, during the war in Karabakh, around 200 to 300 people (according to Human Right Watch, and 600 according to the version propagated by Azerbaijan) were killed in unknown circumstances near the city of Aghdam. They have been deliberately withheld by the Azerbaijani authorities in the midst of the military actions. Population of the village of Khojalu, which was a firing point shooting at the blockaded Stepanakert (among five others) was kept in the village for months by force and was not evacuated by the authorities of Azerbaijan deliberately, in order to use them as human shields later.
Residents of Khojalu coming out through the humanitarian corridor, that the self-defense forces of NKR had left open, freely passed more than 10 km and reached the Aghdam city controlled by the Azerbaijani troops. Later, not far from the positions of Azerbaijani troops dead bodies of the villagers were found. The exact death toll remains unknown as the official Baku publishes data contradicting each other. Parliamentary Commission investigating the tragic death of the civilians at Aghdam city was dissolved by the order of Heydar Aliyev, the investigative materials are kept secret.
Source: Panorama.am