By Trend
The criminal case of members of the Armenian Armed Forces, who
committed terrorist and other criminal acts in Azerbaijan, has been
transferred to proceedings, Trend reports on June 3.
The criminal case against 14 people will be handled in the
proceedings of Judge Afgan Hajiyev in the Supreme Court of Grave
Crimes. The preparatory session of the court will take place in the
coming days.
The preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated by
the Main Investigation Department of the State Security Service
against members of Armenian armed groups who committed provocative
terrorist and other criminal acts against Azerbaijani military
personnel and civilians has been completed.
The investigation determined that a group of people, consisting
of citizens of Armenia, illegally acquiring firearms, their
components, ammunition, explosives and devices, created armed
formations not provided for by law.
Members of these armed formations illegally crossed the state
border of Azerbaijan on November 26-27, 2020 as an organized group,
took up combat positions in the forest and other areas in the
northwestern part of the Khojavand district’s Hadrut village.
They carried out attacks on enterprises, institutions and
organizations, as well as on individuals, organized explosions,
fires and other terrorist acts posing a threat to the life and
health of people, capable of causing significant property damage or
leading to other socially dangerous consequences, with the aim of
disrupting public safety, sowing panic among the population or
influencing decision-making by the state authorities of Azerbaijan
or international organizations.
The criminal case was initiated in connection with the above
facts against the members of the illegal armed group - Grach
Avakyan, Gegam Serobyan and others, under the following articles of
Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code:
- 214.2.1, 214.2.3 (terrorism committed by a group of persons by
prior conspiracy, by an organized group or criminal association
(criminal organization) with the use of firearms and objects used
as weapons);
- 228.3 (illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage,
transportation or carrying of weapons, accessories for them,
ammunition, explosives and explosives devices committed by an
organized group), 279.2 (attack on enterprises, institutions,
organizations or on individuals as part of armed formations or
groups not provided for by law) and;
- 318.2 (illegal crossing of the state border of Azerbaijan by a
group of persons by prior conspiracy or by an organized
group).
The investigation of the criminal case was completed and
together with the indictment, approved by the deputy prosecutor
general of Azerbaijan, was sent for consideration to the court.
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