A criminal case has been launched over the physical assault on an APA Group employee and obstruction of his professional activities while he was covering a fire on Davud Aslan Street in Baku's Nizami district on the morning of November 1, APA reports, citing the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The ministry said that a criminal case had been initiated under the relevant article of the Criminal Code and an investigation was underway.
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Police received a report about the use of physical violence against an APA Group employee and obstruction of his professional activities while he was covering a fire on Davud Aslan Street in Baku's Nizami district on the morning of November 1.
According to information provided to APA by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, an investigation established that Heydar Sardarov, who worked as a security guard at the facility, inflicted injuries of varying severity on the APA Group employee and obstructed his professional activities.
Police took appropriate measures, and the perpetrator was detained.
An investigation into the incident is underway, and a forensic medical examination has been ordered to determine the severity of the injuries.
It should be noted that last night, APA Group employee Sanan Bahramli was dispatched to cover a fire that broke out in an area where plastic and wooden materials were stored on the premises of a disused meat processing plant on Davud Aslan Street in Baku's Nizami district.
At the scene, Heydar Sardarov, who introduced himself as the security guard of the premises, injured the journalist and damaged the company's technical equipment.
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