843: On the Road to Baku: 1/4 Ganja attacked by Scarab and Scud missiles in October. Niyazi Bayramov
Image: Niyazi Bayramov, mayor of the city of Ganja in Azerbaijan, and John Batchelor On the Road to Baku Niyazi Bayramov, mayor of the city of Ganja in Azerbaijan. Translator: Farid Abdulzade; in re: Ganja attacked by Scarab and Scud missiles in October. Ganja is twelve centuries old; 350,000 people have been leading prosperous lives—and suddenly were under attack by missiles from the Nagorno-Karabakh war; 26 killed, 148 wounded. First attack was on the morning of 4 October. Emergency crews raced to help the victims. There was no military presence anywhere in the neighborhood; it was entirely an attack on innocent civilians. Hugely destructive. These missiles are capable of carrying nuclear or chemical weapons; they didn’t this time, but could. On 10 October, there was a ceasefire agreement, but from the territory of Armenia missiles struck. A hundred families are now living in government housing, with three meals daily and all the facilities needed. They will be recompensed for their losses.