Garadaghly Massacre

Garadaghly Massacre () Garadaghli Massacre, Qaradaghli Massacre was the killing of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian troops in the village of on 17 February 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Overview
Garadaghly is a village in Khojavend district of Azerbaijan which was mostly populated with ethnic Azerbaijanis.When the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict started, the village became one of the main targets of attacks by Armenian armed units. Garadaghly was virtually left surrounded since November 19, 1991, when Khojavend regional center was occupied and the helicopter with Azerbaijani, Russian and Kazakh officials from the peacekeeping team was shot down on November 20 near Qarakend village. In December 1991, after the first siege of Garadaghly by Armenian armed units, Azeri defense detachments of the Mughanly village entered Khojavend diverting Armenian troops and capturing Garadaghly from the siege.
The assault
The final offensive on Garadaghly preceded a massacre of Azerbaijani civilians in Khojaly which took place on February 25-26, 1992. On February 14, 1992 the units of the 366th regiment of now dissolved Soviet army attacked Garadaghly village of Khojavend district. The village was surrounded and sieged for two days. The Azeri light armed detachments positioned in village were not able to help the defense units of Garadaghly due to fire from Russian tanks. Arabo and Aramo units and units of Monte Melkonian took part in the operation against Melkonians orders. 117 Azerbaijani civilians were taken prisoners. According to Azerbaijani sources, around 56 to 90 civilians were massacred, including 12 children and 41 women. Those who fled to Agdam through the mountains.
Names of the prisoners
*Veten Aliyev
*Zakir Aliyev
*Nasir Amrahov
*Hafiz Akhundov
*Fuzuli Veliyev
*Abulfat Huseynov
*Mikayil Dadashov
*Firdovsi Kerimov
*Malik Mustafayev
Criminal investigation
A criminal investigation was launched in 1992 and in 2010, Azerbaijani authorities announced 38 names wanted for crimes against humanity in Khojaly, Garadaghly, , . Six of these names are specifically related to the massacre of civilians in Garadaghly.

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