Azerbaijan: Blogger response to University massacre

Information about the events at the end of last month which shocked many worldwide was slow to emerge, and even today there are many questions left unanswered. However, what is known is that on the morning of 30 April 2009, 13 people were killed in a terrifying shooting spree at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy.

But, with very little local reporting on the incident, many such as 27 months in Azerbaijan were at first unsure what exactly had happened.

There was a shooting at a university in Baku today. The only thing that I’ve heard that seems credible is that there was a Georgian who was ethnically Azeri that entered the school and started shoot at people as he made his way up a staircase before turning the gun on himself. […]

I’ve heard rumors of up to 50 people dead and up to three gunmen, but I’m not sure what to believe at this point.

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