“Crimes of every type are committed daily against the Armenians by local minor officials and natives of Baku. Armenian shopkeepers are robbed by Azerbaijani soldiers, Baku police, or any one so disposed, without redress,” the military man was cited in an article dated May 3, 1920. “The Near East Relief guard on one train reports that Armenians were dragged from the train and butchered before his eyes. Travelers by train point out the Armenians to the Azerbaijani Moslems at a thousand rubles a denunciation. According to the source, the crisis in Baku 100 years ago was the result of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, although Azerbaijanis’ decision to attack Armenians living in the same city was beyond him.