Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Agdaban massacre, a tragic event in Azerbaijan's history committed by Armenian armed forces during the First Garabagh War.
Operative Information Center-OMM reports that 34 years have passed since the brutal attack on Agdaban village in the Kalbajar district, which took place on the night of April 7-8, 1992. During the assault, the village, consisting of 130 houses, was completely burned down and razed to the ground.
According to official records, 779 peaceful residents of the village were subjected to various forms of torture. The massacre resulted in the deaths of 32 people, including eight elderly individuals aged 90-100, two young children, and seven women who were burned alive. Beyond the human toll, the attackers targeted Azerbaijani cultural heritage, destroying the manuscripts of the poet Agdabanli Gurban and the master of classical ashug poetry, Dede Shamshir.
The first legal and political assessment of this tragedy was provided by National Leader Heydar Aliyev, who described the events in Agdaban as one of the greatest crimes against humanity and a stain on human history. The Kalbajar district, where Agdaban is located, was fully liberated from occupation in 2020 following the 44-day Patriotic War, allowing for the restoration of historical justice and the eventual return of displaced residents to their ancestral lands.
