NKR: Victims of the Sumgait slaughter commemorated in the NKR

Azat Artsakh Daily,
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]

28-02-2008

The 20th anniversary of the Armenian massacre in Azerbaijani town
Sumgait was commemorated in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Stream of people moved to the memorial complex of Stepanakert
since morning. The collectives of the institutions, enterprises
and educational institutions of the republic, servicemen of the NKR
Defense Army put flowers to the monument to the tragedy victims.

At 11 a.m. representatives of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic leadership,
headed by President Bako Sahakian, visited the memorial complex and
paid homage to the memory of the tragedy victims.

The vergers of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
held a mourning moleben for the innocent victims of the Sumgait
slaughter.