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â€œForest brothersâ€ group gives testimony in the court

03 August 2009 12:59 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramil Mammadli â€“ APA. On Monday, 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. Defendants Zabit Shikhbabayev and Fariz Mammadov gave testimony. Shikhbabyev, student of the Azerbaijan University of Economics, said he considered himself partially guilty under the articles 234 (illegal storage, transportation, sale and purchase of narcotic drugs) and 279 (creation of armed formations or groups, which are not provided by the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic) of the Criminal Code. Fariz Mammadov denied accusations against him under the above-mentioned articles of the Criminal Code.

The hearing will continue in the second half of the day.

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.