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Revision as of 23:45, 15 February 2013
Date | February 17, 1992 |
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Location | Garadaghly, Khojavend Rayon, Azerbaijan |
Participants | Armenian army |
Outcome | According to Azerbaijani sources 20-90 civilians, according to Armenian sources more than 50 civilians |
The Capture of Garadaghly (Azerbaijani: Qaradağlı qətliamı) refers to the occupation by Armenian troops of Garadaghly, a village in Khojavend district of Azerbaijan, on 17 February 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, in which more than more than 20 people were killed and many taken prisoners.[1]
The Azerbaijani side refers to the capture as "Garadaghly Massacre", "Garadaghli Massacre" or "Qaradaghli Massacre".
Preceding events
In June 1991 an Armenian armed attack took place which resulted in the death of 6 civilians from Garadaghly.[2]
The assault
The assault began at 5 am, on 17 February 1992. The battle continued for 11 hours and resulted in the occupation of Garadaghly by Armenian troops.[3] Arabo and Aramo units and units of Monte Melkonian took part in the operation against Melkonians orders, who commanded "that no captives were to be harmed".[4][5] According to Azerbaijani sources 117 Azerbaijani civilians were taken prisoners and around 56 to 90 civilians were killed.[6][7][8] Survivors fled to Agdam through the mountains.[9]
The ITAR-Tass news agency reported, quoting the Azerbaijani People's Front information center, that "more than 20 people were killed and 15 wounded" when Armenian militants captured the village and forced the residents to flee to a nearby forest.[10][1]
According to Markar Melkonian, the fighters from Arabo and Aramo units gathered thirty-eight Azerbaijani captives, including several women and other noncombatants, in a ditch on the outskirts of the village. One of the captives in the ditch tossed a grenade, injuring one of the captors. The Arabo and Aramo fighters who had already wished to ""avenge" the death of another comrade the day before", "began stabbing and shooting their captives", until they all were dead. One of the Armenian fighters doused several wounded Azerbaijani soldiers with gasoline and burned them alive. In the words of Melkonian, the ditch became a "butcher's scrap heap". According to Melkonian, "a total of fifty-three Azeris were killed in and around Karadaghlu within two days, compared to three killed on the Armenian side, including a sixty-year-old villager" who was hit by a stray bullet.[4]
Names of the prisoners
The names of the prisoners according to the Azerbaijani news agency Musavat:
- Veten Aliyev
- Zakir Aliyev
- Nasir Amrahov
- Hafiz Akhundov
- Fuzuli Veliyev
- Abulfat Huseynov
- Mikayil Dadashov
- Firdovsi Kerimov
- Malik Mustafayev[8]
Aftermath
According to Azerbaijani news agencies after the capture, the defense minister Tajeddin Mehdiyev was fired. Many letters had been sent to the United Nations, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Red Cross condemning the killing of Azerbaijani civilians.[8] Members of parliaments of various countries such as the French senator Nathalie Goulet have been meeting with the survivors of the capture of Garadaghly.[11]
Investigation
According to the Azerbaijani news agency news.az a criminal investigation was launched by Azerbaijan in 1992 and in 2010, where Azerbaijani authorities announced 38 names wanted for crimes against humanity in Khojaly, Garadaghly, Meshali, Baghanis Ayrum. Six of these names are specifically related to the massacre of civilians in Garadaghly.[12]
See also
- Khojaly Massacre (February, 1992);
- Maraga Massacre (April, 1992);
- Malibeyli and Gushchular Massacre (February, 1992).
References
- ^ a b "20 killed in attack on Azerbaijani village". Deseret News. February 17 1992. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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"Газ. "Бакинский рабочий", Т. Чалалзе. Сострадание. 1995". February 18, 1992.
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(help) - ^ a b Melkonian, Markar (2005). My brother's road: an American's fateful journey to Armenia. I.B. Tauris. pp. 211–212. ISBN 1850436355, 9781850436355.
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value: invalid character (help) - ^ Rizvan Guseynov (August 17, 2010). "Ибад Гусейнов: «Монте Мелконян на коленях просил пощадить его жизнь»". 1news.az. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ "Letter dated 20 May 2005 from the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General" (PDF). Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ "Ermənistan Silahlı Qüvvələrinin Xocavənd rayonunun Qaradağlı kəndini işğal etməsindən 18 il ötür". APA. February 17, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ a b c "QARADAĞLI QƏTLİAMINDAN 18 İL KEÇİR". Yeni Musavat. February 17, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ "NATO academic forum: Violence in NK area" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ "20 die in Armenian attack on town in disputed enclave". Chicago Tribune. February 18, 1992.
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(help) - ^ "French senator meets Azerbaijani IDPs". news.az. June 10, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ "Azerbaijan names 38 people wanted for Khojaly massacre". news.az. February 24, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.