Baku to host Khojaly commemoration concert

By Azernews

By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijan’s State Philharmonic Hall will host an event dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide on February 24, Trend Life reported.

Works by national composers will be performed by Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra conducted by People's Artist Rauf Abdullayev.

Khojaly, the second largest town in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, came under intense fire from the towns of Khankendi and Askeran already occupied by the Armenian armed forces in 1992.

About 613 civilians mostly women and children were killed in the massacre, and a total of 1,000 people were disabled. Eight families were exterminated, 25 children lost both parents, and 130 children lost one parent. Moreover, 1,275 innocent people were taken hostage, and the fate of 150 of them remains unknown.