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    ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT STARTS ITS TODAY'S SESSION BY STANDING UP IN MEMORY OF
    SUMQAYIT TRAGEDY

    YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28. ARMINFO. Today is the 17th anniversary of the
    Sumqayit tragedy.

    Armenian pogroms were held by government-supported hooligans in
    Sumqayit, Azerbaijan, Feb 26-28 1988 with 32 Armenians killed
    as a result among them women and children. The Sumqayit tragedy
    marked the beginning of Armenian massacres all over Azerbaijan in
    1988-1990. Several hundreds of Armenians were killed during the
    period with 300,000 Armenian fleeing to Armenia leaving their homes
    and property.

    The Armenian Parliament started its today's session by standing up in
    memory of those killed in the tragedy. Many thousand people gathered
    today in the center of Yerevan to commemorate this tragic event.
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