Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 28 / Trend M. Aliyev /
The Azerbaijani Embassy in United Arab Emirates held a commemoration ceremony dedicated to the 19th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide in Dubai today, the embassy said on Monday.
The members of the Azerbaijani community in the UAE, students from different universities in the country, members of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry studying Arabic in the city of Al Ain (UAE), the head of the Azerbaijani International Bank's office in Dubai, and the chief editor of a magazine published in Dubai attended the event.
A documentary film about the Khojaly tragedy was screened. A stand with children's drawings, as well as books about the Khojaly genocide and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, was on display.
Roughly 613 people were killed, 1,000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojaly genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. Eight families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them.1,275 peace residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 of them is still unknown.