Khaibalikend massacre | |
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Location | Nagorno-Karabakh |
Date | June 5–7, 1919 |
Target | Armenian civilians |
Attack type | Massacre, pogrom |
Deaths | 600–700[1] |
The Khaibalikend massacre was the mass killing of Armenian civilians in the villages of Ghaibalishen (Khaibalikend), Jamilli, and Karkijahan and Pahlul in Nagorno-Karabakh, from June 5 to 7, 1919. The villages were destroyed, and from 600 to 700 ethnic Armenians, including women and children, were murdered by armed ethnic Azeri and Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers.[2][3] The massacre was organized by Nagorno-Karabakh's Governor-General Khosrov bek Sultanov and led by his brother, Sultan bek Sultanov.[4][5][6]
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