1988 violence in Shusha and Stepanakert
The 1988 violence in Shusha and Stepanakert was the expulsion of the ethnic Armenian population of Shusha and the ethnic Azerbaijani population of Stepanakert, in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in the Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union, from September 18 to 20, 1988. During the violence, 33 Armenians and 16 Azerbaijanis were wounded, more than 30 houses hed been set on fire, and a 61-year-old Armenian was killed. At the end of the violence, 3,117 ethnic Azerbaijanis were forced to leave Stepanakert.
| 1988 violence in Shusha and Stepanakert | |
|---|---|
| Part of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict | |
Map of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast | |
| Location | Shusha and Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Date | September 18–20, 1988 (2 days) |
| Target | Armenian population of Shusha and Azerbaijani population of Stepanakert |
Attack type | Expulsion |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 49 |
The events was one of the acts of ethnic violence in the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, carried out along the demands of the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh to secede from Azerbaijan and unify with Armenia.
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