Foreign Minister: Perpetrators of crimes committed in Khojaly continue to enjoy impunity

The perpetrators of crimes committed in Khojaly continue to enjoy impunity, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at an event in Baku dedicated to the 31st anniversary of genocide in Khojaly.

According to Report, the minister recalled that on the night of February 26, 1992, Khojaly became the crime scene for the largest massacre in the former conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

"As a result of this attack, 613 people were killed. These includes 63 children, 106 women and 70 elderly people, 487 persons were severely injured. People were burned alive, beheaded, mutilated, scalped. 1,275 people were taken hostage. To this day, 150 people from Khojaly remain missing," the minister said.

Jeyhun Bayramov noted that the policy of Armenia who committed the genocide in Khojaly is based on ethnic hatred.