Maraga massacre
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The Maraga massacre (Armenian: Մարաղայի կոտորած, romanized: Maraghayi kotorats) was the mass murder of Armenian civilians in the village of Maraga (Maragha) by Azerbaijani troops, which had captured the village on April 10, 1992, in the course of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[1][2] The villagers, including men, women, children and elderly, were killed indiscriminately and deliberately, their houses were pillaged and burnt; the village was destroyed.[3][4][5] Amnesty International reports that over 100 women, children and elderly were tortured and killed and a further 53 were taken hostage, 19 of whom were never returned.[6][7][8]
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Location | Maraga, Nagorno-Karabakh |
Coordinates | 40°19′48″N 46°52′48″E |
Date | April 10, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-04-10) |
Target | Local Armenian population |
Deaths | 43–100 killed |
Injured | Unknown |
Perpetrators | Azerbaijani Armed Forces |
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