According to the Azerbaijani side, as well as the Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers, the massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of some military personnel of the 366th CIS regiment, apparently not acting on orders from the command.
De acordo coa versión azarí, así como a Memorial Human Rights Center, a Human Rights Watch e outras organizacións internacionais o masacre foi cometido por forzas armadas da etnia armenia, con apoio do 366.º Rexemento Motorizado ruso, aparentemente non actuando de acordo coa ordes do mando.