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Defendants do not admit their guilt in trial of â€œForest brothersâ€

27 July 2009 15:41 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramil Mammadli â€“ APA. Hearing on the case of the 26-men organized gang, which is accused of forming a group â€œForest brothersâ€, committing a number of crimes, including terror attack on Abu Bakr mosque in Narimanov district continued in the Court of Grave Crimes. APA reports that Karamat Aliyev presided over the hearing. Defendant Elshan Allahverdiyev continued giving testimony. He did not admit his guilt on a number of accusations. Rasim Isgandarov said he did not participate in digging blindage and trench. He said he went to the forest to have a rest. â€œI was unaware of the crimes,â€ he said.

The court hearing will continue on July 28.

According to the indictment, Azerbaijanis Elnur Bashirov, Gudrat Malikov, Khalid Valimatov, Ulfat Malikov, Vahid Asadov, Zabit Shikhbabayev, Fariz Mammadov, Samir Babayev, Anar Valimatov, Rasim Isgandarov, Elshan allahverdiyev, Rafig Agajanov, Taleh Maharramov, Teymur Narimanov, Bozorgi Kamran, Azer Bakhishov, Musa Orujov, Alexander Nuraliyev, Mammad Mammadov, Elkhan Osmanov, Zaur Jafarov, Rufat Rzayev, Sardar Bunyatov, Russian citizens Magomed Isayev and Turkish citizens Yamin Ali and Ozdemir Ergin in collaboration with Ilgar Mollachiyev aka Abdulmajid and his brother-in-law Samir Mehdiyev aka Suleyman attempted to commit unrest in Azerbaijan. They are accused of committing explosion in Abu Bakr mosque and other crimes.
The defendants faced charges under Articles 214 (terrorism), 120 (premeditated murder), 279 (creation of armed formations or groups, which are not provided by the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic), 228 (illegal purchase, transfer, selling, storage, transportation and carrying of fire-arms, accessories to it, supplies, explosives) of the Criminal Code. 26 were detained during the initial investigation.