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Two arrested, five more searched over armed incident near mosque in Azerbaijanâ€™s Lankaran region

03 September 2010 10:01 (UTC +04:00)

He said Masalli residents Ramil Ilham Humbatov and Emin Bagirov had been detained. Five more are being searched.

The incident happened in Gumbashi village of Lankaran region at 00.15 on September 3. Gunmen in several cars fired on the people that gathered near Gumbashi village mosque. As a result of the shooting, Elshan Alimammad Huseynov, 41, was killed. Ramin Baloglkan Agamaliyev, 25, was wounded. He was taken to the resuscitation department of the Lankaran Central Hospital. Doctor on duty Telman Khurshidov told APAâ€™s local bureau that Agamaliyev felt better after the medical assistance.

Prosecutor of Lankaran region Ramiz Nabiyev refuted the rumors that the incident happened on religious dispute, he said the fact was being investigated.
â€œThe incident happened near Gumbashi mosque. The witnesses are being interrogated,â€ he said.