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    Khojaly in fire

    Russian troops in Azerbaijan.
    First responces , first informations about the tragedy:
        According to the declarement of press-centre of Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan withing the all night to 26-th February Armenian occupants with the support of 366-th motorized-rifle shelf of Russian Army which dislocated to Hankendi (capital city of Karabakh) attacked to Khojaly with armored vihecles and artilery.Information which taken from National Front of Azerbaijan (NFA) the attack begun with the great scale of artilery fire and it caused to great fire.In 26-th of February to 5 o'clock all city was ash.According to initial datas city was occupied by Armenian occupants.

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    Because contack with Khojaly broke in night to 25-th February entire picture of happenings and scales of the tragedy is not exact , yet . Exclusive correspondent of Azerinform Z.Rustamov spoke with some refugees from Khojaly which with great miracle escaped from the shot and arrieved to Agdam . According to there words a lot of people were killed . Inhabitants of the city was leeing from there homes threwing everything they had.
    Azerinform,
    February,26,1992.

    Khojaly tragedy.

        Khojaly...In the night from 25-th to 26-th Febuary name of this city written to the histry of the undeclared war with bloody letters . Because the contact broke entire picture of the happenings in this night and scale of the tragedy was unknown . Correspondent of the Azerinform tried to creat this picture in Agdam owing to the meetings with people who miracle escaped from the hot city and could arrive to Agdam.
        Especially in the 25-th of February around the encircled city concentrated great power of the armenian occupants . Withing all this day everybody could listen humming of the armored vehicles.Everything was clear for the inhabitants : " Enemy was prepareing to occupy the city " . At night dust of the rumbled artilery guns perforated the sky . Into the city fell the wind of fatal fire ...
        Near to night , armoured vehicles attacked the city . Defencers of the city made everything possible in order to guard the city . But the powers weren't equall...
        People was fleeing from there homes . According to the words of refugees this night was the last night for the most of the people . Women , children and old men in the search of shelter were fleeing to Agdam . But on the way of armenian village Nahichevanik them meet again bullet . Here died people and there bodies stayed on the place of new tragedy ...
        Hospitals of Agdam fulled with the injuries : injurees only from Khojaly were 120 people.
    Azerinform "Bakinskiy rabochiy"
    28-th of February,1992.

    Nagorni Karabakh :
    a lot of blood and gun .

        According to the information of National Front of Azerbaijan(NFA) at 21:00 local time 25-th February the armenian occupants with 366-th motorized-rifle shelf of Russion Army,dislocated to Hankendi , began tank attack to the Azerbaijan village Hodjali , which was encircled nearly 2 weeks by the Russian Army . Khojaly was fired entirely to the 5 o'clock 26-th February. Minister of Internal Affairs Tofik Kerimov declared that 100 people were killed and approximately 200 people injured.The rest of the inhabitants were fleeing from there houses to the nearest mountains.
        After those happenings Russian occupants gave the city to armenian occupants to rob it.According to the datas of NFA (National Front of Azerbaijan) in Khojaly set up rockets of 366-th motorized-rifle shelf of Russian Army . From Khojaly Russian occupants began air raids to Shusha-sole city in all Karabakh where remained azerbaijanians.
    Aydin Mehtiyev
    "Nezavisimaya Qazeta"
    February,27,1992.

    Fights in Karabakh are continuing

        Eli Ekber Velayeti flew morning in 27-th February to Karabakh. Probably his airplane landed not to Shusha , but also to Agdam. Because of elimination of achived consent from the armenian side shelling of Khojaly didn't stop. Warlord of Shusha defence Rahim Qaziyev declared by phone that fights in Khojaly continous.He added that decision of stopping fight in the situation when armenian side occupied Khodjaly was mistake . According to some datas Velayeti had to return to Baku in 27-th February at 18:00 ...
        Political crisis in Baku achieved to the highest level.Perhaps it was the most dangerous defeat of the azerbaijanian self-defencers in Khojaly.
        Memmed Seferli
    "Nezavisimaya Qazeta"
    28-th of February 1992.


    Was Khojaly occupied?
        In 26-th of February correspondent of "Azadliq" Xaliq Bahadur informs from Shusha with phone: "Khojaly is in fire .The city occupied entirely . With radio caught words of the militaries : Don't ruin women and children . Chase them into the center of the city. " According to the information taken from the press-center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at 16:00 a.m. 26-th of February 99% of Khojaly occupied. Correspondent of "Azadliq" Aqasi is the witness of the happenings: "On the 26-th of February Khojaly exposed to the attack. In the attack taken part with armenians 366-th motorized rifle shelf of the Russian army . Quantity of killed and injured people was incalculable . Little part of inhabitants was crossing Qar-qar river and through the forest arrived to Agdam . About the preparation of the enemy to occupy the city informed the appropriate people of the government . Three days before the attack broke the guidance of republic the operation of the defence of the city". Informational center of NFA (National Front of Azerbaijan ) informs: "On the 27-th of February Rehim Qaziyev informs from Shusha that stopping of fire within three days was betrayal . Stopping of fire will help armenians to concentrate there power . He added that situation in Khojaly is hard and fortune of 2000 people is unknown". At 3 o'clock 27-th of February we learned from the correspondent of "Xalq ordusu" Ebulfet Metadoglu followings: "Hodjali occupied . Fights was continuing . There were a lot of killed inhabitants . Only in Agdam there are 150 injuries . Today we buried 27 people. Chief of the Khojaly airport killed . Some masheti turks families burnt in there houses . Inhabitants were hiding in the nearest forests . Airport entirely destroyed..."
    "Azadliq"
    28-th of February, 1992


    Azerbaijan sink in blood.

        Correspondent of "Seher" Shamil Sabiroglu sent yesterday photos to the publication.Where was printed horrible acts of genocide , which made by the armenian occupants and Russian army in Khojaly . When we were looking to photos we understood with all details that Azerbaijan sink in blood...
        We were reading from the notbook of Shamil broken centences with the great passion and mourning: They killed thousands of people with a great savageness . They made meannest behaviours with which would the fashists ashamed . They had pitied nobody-pregnants , olds , children and they were curseing corpses . Military co-oparation of armenian occupants with the Russian army created incredible tragedy .
        Prisoners were shotting or rapeing . To gather all corpses from the mountains , forests , surrounding roads is impossible , yet . I'm trusting you to god . I will go to help injuries , to find and bury corpses of our brothers and sisters ..."