The trial of Vugar Najafli, Jamal Gozalov, Tofig Yusifli, Dadash Hashimov, Mahammad Huseynli, Mushfig Hashimov, Mir Javad Huseynli, and Tural Aghayev, accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist group, has concluded in a criminal case initiated by the State Security Service (SSS), APA reports.
The verdict was announced at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes during a hearing presided over by Judge Namig Karimov.
Under the court's verdict, Vugar Najafli was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison, Jamal Gozalov to 9 years and 6 months, Tofig Yusifli to 8 years and 6 months, Dadash Hashimov to 8 years and 6 months, Mahammad Huseynli to 13 years, Mushfig Hashimov to 10 years, Mir Javad Huseynli to 12 years and 6 months, and Tural Aghayev to 13 years.
Investigations established that Azerbaijani citizens Vugar Najafli, Jamal Gozalov, Tofig Yusifli, and Dadash Hashimov, members of a group established for the purpose of committing terrorist crimes, left Azerbaijan in 2024 and hid in mountainous areas of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.
It was established that they participated in combat training and armed conflicts outside Azerbaijan as members of an international terrorist organization and underwent armed training for criminal purposes.
As a result of operational-search measures carried out by the SSS jointly with partner foreign intelligence and law enforcement agencies, the aforementioned individuals under investigation were apprehended in foreign countries and brought to Azerbaijan.
The measures also revealed that the terrorist activities of Tofig Yusifli and Dadash Hashimov were financed by Azerbaijani citizens Mir Javad Huseynli and Tural Aghayev, as well as other criminal acts committed by the latter.
Members of the criminal group — Vugar Najafli, Jamal Gozalov, Tofig Yusifli, Dadash Hashimov, Mir Javad Huseynli, and Tural Aghayev — were charged under Articles 214-1 (financing terrorism), 218.2 (participation in a criminal community (organization), as well as an association of organizers, leaders or other representatives of organized groups), and 283-1.3 (participation in stable groups established outside the Republic of Azerbaijan, training and armed conflicts on the grounds of religious hostility, under the pretext of spreading religious sects and performing religious rituals) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, respectively, and were remanded in custody by court order.
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