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Number of missing persons in the Khojaly genocide reaches 210

27 February 2025 13:05 (UTC +04:00)

The number of people missing during the Khojaly genocide has reached 210, Eldar Samadov, Deputy Head of the Working Group of the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons of the Republic of Azerbaijan, said in an interview with APA.

"After the great Victory achieved in the Patriotic War, the number of new applications to the State Commission regarding the disappearance of our citizens in the First Garabagh War has increased. These applications are also made by persons whose relatives went missing during the Khojaly genocide. I can say that as a result of the investigation of applications submitted in 2024, the fact of the disappearance of 13 more of our citizens during the Khojaly genocide was determined and they were registered as missing persons in the appropriate manner," Eldar Samadov emphasized.

He added that according to the information as of 01.02.2025, 210 people are registered as missing persons during the Khojaly genocide in the State Commission. Of them, 168 are civilians, 42 are military personnel. Among the civilians, there are 38 children - 23 boys, 15 girls, 57 women - 15 elderly women, and 30 old men. Of the 210 missing, 95 have eyewitness testimonies about their capture and detention during the occupation.