Bağanis Ayrum
Bağanis Ayrum (Baghanis Ayrum) is a ghost village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan. The village has been controlled by Armenia since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Bağanis Ayrum | |
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  Bağanis Ayrum | |
| Coordinates: 41°05′48″N 45°04′55″E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan (de jure) Armenia (de facto) |
| District Province | Qazakh (de jure) Tavush (de facto) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
On 22 March 1990, Azerbaijani farmers shot at passing trucks and cars with Armenian license plates, wounding several people in a Volga Sedan.[1]
In retaliation, four days later, several cars full of Armenians armed with shotguns and assault rifles attacked Baghanis Ayrum before dawn, setting fire to about 20 houses and killing 8 Azerbaijani civilians. The bodies of one family, including an infant, were reportedly found burnt in the embers of their house.[1]
Kommersant reported that as a result of the attack on 26 March 1990, eleven inhabitants of the village died.[2]
References
- Cullen, Robert. "A Reporter at Large, Roots." The New Yorker. 15 April 1991. p55-58
- "АРМЕНИЯ - АЗЕРБАЙДЖАН: ЭТО УЖЕ ПРОСТО ВОЙНА". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 1990-08-20. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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