Currency exchange robber nabbed in Baku
BAKU – The gunman who robbed a currency exchange station in Baku last Thursday and killed its employee has been seized, the interior ministry said.
The masked attacker walked away with 16,000 manats (around $20,000) after shooting the 25-year-old employee, the ministry said in a statement.
The man is identified as Arzuman Bashirov, who rents an apartment in the Lokbatan settlement of Baku. Bashirov pled guilty during preliminary questioning.
The exchange station is located in the Bina shopping mall, near the Baku airport, 25 km away from the center of the Azerbaijani capital.
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