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Minute of silence in Azerbaijan to honor victims of Black January

20 January 2015 [12:10] - TODAY.AZ
On the day of national mourning today on Jan. 20, the movement of traffic and pedestrians was stopped for a minute, to honor the victims of the January 20 tragedy.

A minute of silence was followed by horns of ships in the Bay of Baku, metro cars and railway trains.

On the night of January 19-20, 1990, 137 people were killed, 744 civilians were injured, and 841 people were illegally arrested.

The Soviet troops that entered Baku, destroyed 200 apartments and houses, 80 cars, including ambulances, and a large number of private and public property.

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