Six years have passed since Ganja was hit by its first missile attack by the Armenian Armed Forces during the Second Karabakh War.

Axar.az reports that at around 10 a.m. on October 4, 2020, missiles fired by Armenian forces struck a civilian settlement in Azerbaijan’s second-largest city, including a two-story residential building and private homes.

The missile attack on Ganja was the first major attack carried out outside the Karabakh region, where the war was being fought. As a result of the attack, civilian Tunar Aliyev, son of Qosgar, was killed, while 32 civilians were injured. In addition to residential buildings, civilian infrastructure and historic buildings were also damaged.

It is recalled that during the Second Karabakh War, the Armenian Armed Forces attacked Ganja five times — on October 4, 5, 8, 11 and 17 — using missiles and heavy artillery. As a result, 26 people were killed and 175 were injured, while civilian infrastructure facilities and vehicles across the city suffered extensive damage.