The Armenian woman Evgenija Babayan, 85, from Hadrut (Nagorno Karabakh) speaks about her captivity in Baku (Azerbaijan):
“In the night of October 15/16, I remained in the basement of our house because of the Azerbaijani bombing. The basement has been serving us as a shelter. Its walls are thick.
In the morning, I left the shelter in order to feed my chicken. At this point, I noticed male voices approaching our house. I thought that my son Suren had returned home.
The door of the house opened and about ten soldiers speaking in Azerbaijani invaded our house. As I saw them, I got frightened and fell down. They approached me, pulled me by my hand, lifted me up, and told me that they will take me to Baku [the capital of Azerbaijan].
I resisted, saying that I am an elderly woman, that this is my home, that I want to remain here. I said ‘leave me at home’, but the soldiers insisted that they must take me. They dragged me by my hands and put me into their car.
Then they took me to Baku where I …More