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The State Commission of Azerbaijan on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons and 1905.az portal of the Association for Civil Society Development in Azerbaijan (ACSDA) held a discussion in Baku Feb. 17 on the theme \u201cFrom Garadaghli<\/a> to Khojaly<\/a>\u201d. \u00a0<\/p>\n The event was attended by Eldar Samadov, deputy head of the State Commission\u2019s working group, commission member Khanhuseyn Kazimli, ACSDA expert Ramiz Sevdimaliyev, and others, APA<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Kazimli spoke about the consequences of the Armenian occupation.<\/p>\n Samadov mentioned that on 17 Feb. 1992 Armenians carried out a massacre in the Garadaghli<\/a> village of Azerbaijan\u2019s Khojavand<\/a> district.<\/p>\n \u201cKhojaly<\/a> was next after the massacre in Garadaghli<\/a>. The crimes committed by Armenians on 26 February 1992 were unforgettable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n ACSDA expert Ramiz Sevdimaliyev noted that the Armenian government is responsible for all the crimes committed in Nagorno-Karabakh, adding that Armenia\u2019s former prime minister Vazgen Sargsyan took an active part in the crimes against Azerbaijanis.<\/p>\n Naila Dadashova, an official of the State Commission, said that accounts given by freed hostages and captives will be filmed and kept for future generations.<\/p>\n Armenia\u2019s armed units, backed by the 366th infantry regiment of Soviet troops, stationed in Khankendi, launched an attack on the Azerbaijani village of Garadaghli<\/a> on February 15, 1992. After two-day fierce battles, Armenian occupied the village on February 17.<\/p>\n The village underwent completely destruction during the occupation, innocent unarmed people, including women and children, were murdered, tortured and taken hostages. Nearly 80 of 117 villagers taken hostage were killed, 6 went missing. According to eyewitnesses, 9 people were taken hostage.<\/p>\n Some witnesses said the Armenians shot 43 Azerbaijani hostages to death in an area 2 km away from Khankendi, and some were decapitated.<\/p>\n