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Armenian flag burned in Sumgayit City of Azerbaijan

08 May 2009 12:16 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramil Mammadli â€“ APA. Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) attempted to hold protest actions in several regions of Azerbaijan on the day of 17th anniversary of Armenian invasion in Shusha. KLO press service told APA the organization held a remembrance ceremony at the Teachers Institute in Sumgayit. After the ceremony, the people gathered outside the institute continued the events as an action. The KLO members burned the Armenian flag.

Then the protesters attempted to march toward the Nizami Park of the city, but police prevented them. 10 protesters were detained. The analogical situation took place in Barda region as well. Police prevented the march-meeting attempt by the KLO offices in Aghdam, Tartar and Barda regions. No protesters were detained there. KLO organized the remembrance events in the alleys of martyrs in Ganja, Imishli, Shaki, Aghsu and Mingachevir. The organization addressed the international organizations at the end of the ceremonies.