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Memory of victims of Barda terror committed by Armenia a year ago commemorated-PHOTO

28 October 2021 13:21 (UTC +04:00)

The memory of those killed in the next shelling of the Barda district of Azerbaijan by Armenia on October 28 last year has been commemorated, APA’s Karabakh bureau reports.

A memorial service for the victims of terrorism was held on the anniversary of the next shelling of Barda by Armenia during Patriotic War. The event was organized in front of a memorial plaque erected in the area were subjected to terrorist attack, Barda city, Baku Street.

The ceremony was attended by district officials, residents of Barda, as well as people from different distircts of the country. A minute of silence was observed in memory of the martyrs, including the victims of the Barda terror.

Flowers were put at the monument.

Note that on October 28, 2020, at about 1 pm, the Armenian armed forces’ strikes hit Barda city located far from the front line, using cluster bombs prohibited by international law.

As a result of the strikes on densely populated areas and trade facilities were located, 21 people were killed, about 70 people were injured, the city's civil infrastructure and vehicles were severely damaged.

Note that one day before this – on October 27 at about 4 p.m. Armenian armed forces fired at Garayusifli village of Barda district of Azerbaijan using heavy artillery.

As a result, 5 civilians were killed, 13 people were wounded.

During the Patriotic war – from September 27 to November 10, on October 5, 8, 27, 28 and November 7, as a result of shelling of Barda district using various weapons, missiles and banned cluster bombs, in total, 29 residents of the district were killed, 112 people were wounded. Two of the killed were children, 8 of them were women and 19 of them were men.