The villages were destroyed Destroying , and from 600 to 700 ethnic Armenians , including women and children , were murdered Committing_crime by armed ethnic Azeri and Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers .

although valckenier declared Expressing_publicly an amnesty Legality on 11 october , gangs of irregulars continued to hunt and kill Killing chinese until 22 october , when the governor-general called Request more forcefully for a cessation Process_end of hostilities .