SOME 20 AZERBAIJANIS KILLED IN RALLY IN TABRIZ
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.05.2006 13:18 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ May 22, in Tabriz, Azerbaijanis organized a rally
and tried to seize the former premises of Milli Mejlis, presently
the government House of Tabriz. The rally participants were crying
out slogans like “Azeri people will not tolerate sufferings”,
“Chehraganly, the hero of Azerbaijan”, “Karabakh is ours and will
be ours”. The police dispersed the rally. As result, some 20 people
were killed and 100 were injured. The hospital where the injured were
taken is surrounded by the police. To prevent a repetition guardsmen
assaulted a hostel and detained some 100 people, reported Day.az.
It should be noted that the rallies in Tabriz and other town of
northern Iran were held in protest against offensive caricatures
of Azeris posted in Iran daily. According to Lenta.ru, the Iranian
government closed Iran daily and accused the journalists of publishing
provocative materials.
