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Kamran Asadov: â€œI want to declare holy war on infidelsâ€

18 December 2008 16:58 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramil Mammadli-APA. The trial has been held on the case of former officer Kamran Asadov and 19 others in Court of Grave Crimes today, APA reports.
The trial was presided over by Islam Neymanov. Defendants - former police officer Shahriyar Maharramov, Ramin and Tarlan Karimov gave testimony. They did not plead guilty. Maharramov did not plead guilty and said that he did not know Ramil Aliyev, killed during operations carried by National Security Ministry.
Lawyers of Maharramov Alizadeh Karimov petitioned for cancellation of indictment.
Mother of defendant Shirvani Babayev refused to give testimony as witness.
The court rejected petition for cancellation of indictment. Maharramov refused his lawyer. Ramin and Tarlan Karimov brothers gave testimony and said that they did not know several defendants. The trial was fixed on December 24.
The defendants were accused of armed attack on LUKoil filling station and attempt on terrorist act against embassies of the US and Great Britain in Azerbaijan.