Azerbaijanis pay respects to fallen compatriots in Ganja
Hundreds gather in Azerbaijan's 2nd largest city to remember those killed in Armenian attacks last year
As Azerbaijan marks the first anniversary of the liberation of Karabakh on Monday, hundreds of Azerbaijanis paid homage to their compatriots killed in Ganja during last year’s conflict.
More than two dozen people were killed and over 120 injured as Armenian forces relentlessly targeted Ganja with missiles and artillery shelling last October.
Scores of houses and public and commercial buildings were also destroyed in Azerbaijan’s second-largest city.
Large crowds turned out at the Victory Park in Ganja’s Kapaz district on Monday and laid flowers at monuments set up in honor of the victims.
“We are proud of our martyrs. They sacrificed their lives for a great cause and we will always remember them,” Arzu Ahmadova, a teacher, told Anadolu Agency.
At least 26 civilians, including six children, were killed and 127 people, including 29 children, were wounded in Armenian attacks on Ganja, according to Qurban Rzayer, an official of Kapaz district.
He said 56 houses and 20 shops were damaged or destroyed in the attacks.
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