Baku Metro commemorates Black January - PHOTOS

  20 January 2017    Read: 3005
Baku Metro commemorates Black January - PHOTOS
Today, Azerbaijan commemorates the 27th anniversary of the 20th January tragedy.
Baku Metro commemorates victims of `20 January` tragedy, AzVision.az reports.

Carnations with black ribbons put on all the stations of Baku Metro.

Note, on the day of national mourning today on Jan. 20, the movement of traffic and pedestrians will be stopped for a minute at 12.00, to honor the victims of the January 20 tragedy.

On the night of January 19-20, 1990, 137 people were killed, 744 civilians were injured, and 841 people were illegally arrested. The Soviet troops that entered Baku, destroyed 200 apartments and houses, 80 cars, including ambulances, and a large number of private and public property.




















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