Azerbaijani presidential aide commemorates Armenian missile assault on Ganja Marking fourth anniversary of attack

In a post on his X account, Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, commemorated the fourth anniversary of the missile attack on Ganja by the Armenian Armed Forces during the Second Karabakh war.

“On October 4, 2020, Ganja city of Azerbaijan and its civilian population was hit by Scud ballistic missiles launched by Armenia. It was the first case of usage of ballistic missiles in Europe after the World War II. The purpose was to cause mass killing among civilians and terror,” the post by the presidential aide reads, Caliber.Az reports.

During the Second Karabakh war, the Armenian Armed Forces shelled Ganja a total of 5 times (October 4, 5, 8, 11, 17). As a result, 26 people died, 175 were injured, and serious damage was caused to civilian infrastructure facilities and vehicles.

As a result of the military aggression of Armenia during the 44 days of the war, a total of 93 civilians, including 12 children and 27 women, were killed, 454 civilians were injured, and a total of 12,292 residential and non-residential premises, including 1,018 farms, as well as 288 vehicles were damaged.

By Vafa Guliyeva