Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 25 / Trend , K.Zarbaliyeva/
Car traffic will be limited in some streets of Baku due the 17th anniversary of the Khojali genocide on Feb. 26.
Cars' traffic will be banned in the Khojali Ave., Yusif Safarov St. and Najafgulu Rafiyev St. due to an event which will take place in front of the Ana Faryadi monument in the Khatai District to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Khojali Genocide, the Baku City State Traffic Police Office official Vagif Asadov told Trend on Feb. 25.
Cars can use subsidiary roads by the end of the event.
Armenian troops committed genocide in Khojali city with population of 7,000 on Feb. 26, 1992. There were about 3,000 people in the city during the occupation. Majority of the population had to leave the city due to the four-month siege.
Within hours, over 600 unarmed Azerbaijani citizens were killed. Among them were 106 women and 83 children. About 1,000 people were disabled by shots; 8 families were fully destroyed. A total of 25 children lost both of their parents and 130 children lost one of them. About 1,275 people were taken prisoner. Around 150 people went missing.
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