An assassination attempt on the life of the head of Lankaran City Executive Power was prevented, State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan noted, APA reports.
It was determined that Bahruz Askarov engaged individuals living in different regions of the republic into secret communication and gave them instructions to organize an assassination attempt on the life of the head of Lankaran City Executive Power.
It was also established that Bahruz Askarov instructed his contacts to carry out an assassination of foreign citizen who works as an English language teacher in some regions of Azerbaijan.
As a result of the complex operational-investigative measures, Bahruz Askarov was arrested and brought to criminal responsibility in the Republic of Azerbaijan under Articles 28, 214.2.1 (preparation for terrorism) of the Criminal Code, and by the court's decision pretrial detention was chosen about him.