 On 30 March, based on the unfounded report that the Azerbaijani (Muslim) crew of the ship "Evelina" was armed and ready to revolt against the Soviet, the Soviet disarmed the crew who tried to resist The three days of inter-ethnic warfare referred to as the March Days, which resulted in the massacre of up to 12,000 Azerbaijanis by the Bolsheviks and armed Armenian units in the city of Baku and other locations in the Baku Governorate.The March events, beyond the violent three-day period, touched off a series of massacres all over Azerbaijan.In September 1918, a terrible panic in Baku ensued when the Ottoman Islamic Army of the Caucasus began to enter the city.