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Lawyers make speeches in trial of â€œForest brothersâ€

19 October 2009 14:55 (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 on Thursday, APA reports. Karamat Aliyev presided over the hearing. The defendantsâ€™ lawyers addressed the court. Elnur Bashirovâ€™s lawyer Firdovse Bakhshaliyeva said her client is innocent. The lawyer asked the court to acquit Bashirov. Fariz Mammadovâ€™s lawyer also asked the court to acquit his client.

The hearing will continue tomorrow.

In the previous hearing public prosecutor demanded sentence for the defendants.
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.