Participants of illegal armed formations detained
The National Security Ministry of Azerbaijan detained a group of
citizens, who took part in the fights in Syria as part of the
illegal armed formations in the result of investigative activities,
AzerTag state news agency reported.
Azerbaijani citizens Mustafayev Elkhan, Rasulov Bahruz, Azizov
Kamran, Alikhanov Nadir, Shahbazi Bakhtiyar, his son Shahbazi
Bahruz, Muhammadzade Sadiq, Hajiyev Rahim, Sultani Vidadi and
Aslanov Ramil, were detained as suspects in the result of
investigative activities, conducted by the Ministry, for creation
of armed forces or groups, not provided by the legislation of
Azerbaijan, as well as participation in their creation and
activity, their provision with arms, ammunition, explosives,
military engineering or military equipment, as well as for other
actions that are contrary to the law.
A criminal case was launched under the articles 12.1, 279.1
(creation and participation in illegal armed formations outside of
Azerbaijan), 28, 283-1.3 and 283-1.3 (involvement of Azerbaijani
citizens or non-citizen persons residing in Azerbaijan, into the
armed conflicts outside of Azerbaijan in order to disseminate
religious teachings, under the guise of performing religious rites,
or on the grounds of religious hatred, or implementation of
military drills for this purpose, or creation of a sustainable
group acting for this purpose, or management of such a group) of
the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
The above listed persons were charged and a preventive measure in
the form of arrest was chosen against them by the court.
It was revealed that Elkhan Mustafayev, Bahruz Rasulov, Kamran
Azizov, Nadir Alikhanov, Shahbazi Bakhtiar and his son Bahruz
Shahbazi, born in 1985, as well as Sadiq Muhammadzade, Vidadi
Sultani and Ramil Aslanov illegally entered the territory of Syria
in 2014, underwent radical religious and military training as part
of the illegal armed formations there, studied the rules for the
use of firearms of various types.
After the training, these persons were involved in the fighting in
Syria as part of the illegal armed formations, not envisaged by the
legislation of Azerbaijan and Syria.
Operational and investigative actions are underway to investigate
all details of criminal cases, as well as to establish the identity
of other participants of these illegal acts.
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