A report published in 1992 by the human rights organization Helsinki Watch stated that their inquiry found that the Azerbaijani OMON and "the militia, still in uniform and some still carrying their guns, were interspersed with the masses of civilians" which may have been the reason why Armenian troops fired upon them.
Un informe publicado en 1992 pola organización de dereitos humanos Helsinqui Watch expuña na súa investigación que atopou que a OMON azarí e "membros da milicia, aínda en uniforme e algúns aínda con armas, estaban tamén xuntos aos civís masacrados" e que pode ser a razón dos disparos das tropas armenias contra eles.