Baku: At 17:00 local time today, a moment of silence was observed across Azerbaijan in remembrance of the victims of the Khojaly genocide. Traffic movement came to a halt for a minute, and national flags in cities, towns, districts, and villages, as well as diplomatic missions abroad, were lowered.

According to Azerbaijan State News Agency, thousands of Baku residents have been visiting the Khojaly memorial in the Khatai district since the early hours of Thursday to pay tribute to the victims of the tragedy. Commemorative events are being held across Azerbaijan.

On the night of 25-26 February 1992, Armenian armed forces attacked the city of Khojaly with the support of the 366th motorized rifle regiment of the former USSR and massacred the civilian population. A total of 613 residents of the city, including 63 children and 106 women, were murdered, with 1,275 people taken prisoner and subjected to torture. The fate of 150 individuals remains unknown. A total of 5,379 residents of Khojaly were forcibly expelled from the city, eight families were completely destroyed, 25 children lost both parents, and 130 children lost one parent.