In connection with Khojaly tragedy 30th anniversary events, bus routes to be changed

Baku/25.02.22/Turan: The routes of 20 passenger buses will be changed starting from 7 am on 26 February in connection with the procession to the monument commemorating the victims of the Khojaly tragedy, the BTA said on Friday. The Baku Transport Agency (BTA) announced about it on Friday.

In particular, these routes are as follows:  1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 18, 21, 30, 32, 46, 49, 53, 65, 88, 125, 127, 175, 205 and H1.

Movement of buses on these routes will be organized on alternative streets and avenues of the capital, the report said.

The monument to the victims of Khojaly is located in front of the Khatai metro station. The procession to the monument begins from "Azadlig" square and continues along Neftyaniks Avenue, then along Yusif Safaraliyev street and Khojali Avenue.

* On the night of February 25 to 26, 1992, Armenian formations supported by the 366th regiment of the former Soviet army invaded the second largest settlement of Nagorno Karabakh, the town of Khojaly. In this case 613 people were killed with particular cruelty, 150 were missing, more than 700 were wounded and taken as hostages.-0-