Azerbaijan community remembers ‘Black January’

Dubai: The Azerbaijan community in the UAE commemorated the 24th anniversary of ‘Black January’ on January 20, the day in 1990 when Soviet troops massacred scores of residents in its capital city Baku.

Samir Imanov, head of the Azerbaijan community in the UAE, said January 20 will always be etched in their memory as a time when local martyrs fought for territorial integrity, unity and equality.

Imanov said that on the night of January 19 and 20, Soviet troops invaded Baku and other districts and killed at least a 100 unarmed civilians and injured hundreds.