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  • Sumgait Massacre Commemorated In Georgia

    SUMGAIT MASSACRE COMMEMORATED IN GEORGIA

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    February 28, 2011 - 11:47 AMT 07:47 GMT

    On the initiative of the Armenian embassy in Georgia and the Georgian
    diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, a number of events were
    held in Tbilisi to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the Armenian
    massacre in Sumgait.

    A liturgy was served at St. Gevorg Church on Feb 27 morning.

    Afterwards, embassy officials and representatives of the Armenian
    community visited Khojivank Pantheon, where Armenian art workers and
    public figures were buried.

    The 3-day rampage, carried out by Azerbaijani nationals in February
    1988 left dozens of Armenians dead, a majority of whom were set on
    fire alive after being beaten and tortured. Hundreds of innocent
    people received injuries of different severity and became physically
    impaired. Women, among them minors, were abused. More than 200
    apartments were robbed, dozens of cars were destroyed and burned,
    dozens of art and crafts studios, shops and kiosks were demolished,
    and thousands of people became refugees.




    From: A. Papazian
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