The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General's Office have issued a joint statement regarding an armed incident that occurred at a cafe in Baku's Khatai district, APA reports.
According to the joint statement by the press services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General's Office, 11 people have been detained and arrested in connection with the activities of a criminal group in the Khatai district.
It was noted that on October 23, at around 00:10, an incident occurred at a restaurant located on General Shikhlinski Street in the capital's Khatai district, resulting in the murder of 43-year-old J. Miraghayev from stab wounds.
As a result of operational-search measures carried out by the investigative team of the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, previously convicted Ramil Dadashov, Eldar Eldarov, Ahmad Alizade, Ismayil Kazimov, Hasan Zulfugarov, Farid Ayyublu and Khayyam Safikhanov, as well as Mikayil Ismayilov, Kamran Afandiyev, Elvin Safarov and Elmar Nuriyev, who were found to have participated in the planned organization of the incident, were arrested.
It was established that the aforementioned individuals, leading a lifestyle in accordance with the rules of the criminal underworld, regularly engaged in illegal activities, formed a criminal group and participated in its activities with the aim of conducting criminal investigations, extorting money through threats, gaining influence in criminal circles, and intentionally causing serious bodily harm by using firearms and bladed weapons to severely punish individuals who refused to comply with their demands.
Necessary operational and investigative measures are continuing within the criminal case initiated under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code to establish all the circumstances of the incident, the involvement of each detainee in the crime, as well as the areas of activity and connections of the criminal group.