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5 detained in antiterrorist operation in Azerbaijan - VÄ°DEO

5 detained in antiterrorist operation in Azerbaijan - <span style="color: red;">VÄ°DEO

02 September 2015 09:19 (UTC +04:00)

As a result of the operation, citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Khasayli Shirkhan Elkhan oghlu, Mikayilov Rovshan Baba oghlu, Adilov Elshan Sardar oghlu, Hajiyev Vugar Mehman oghlu and Eyyubov Azer Matlab oghlu – were detained as suspects over the creation of armed formations or groups, which are not provided by the legislation of the Azerbaijan, and also participation in their creation and activity, supplying them by weapon, ammunition, explosives, military engineering or military equipment, involvement people in terrorism (commitment of explosion, arson or other actions creating danger to destruction of people, causing harm to their health, significant property damage or approaches other socially dangerous consequences committed with a view of infringement of public safety, intimidation of population or rendering of influence to acceptance of decisions by the state authorities or international organizations), involvement of Azerbaijani citizens or stateless persons residing in Azerbaijan into the armed conflicts outside the territory of Azerbaijan in order to disseminate religious teachings, under the guise of performing religious rites, or on the grounds of religious hatred, or undergoing military trainings for this purpose, or creation of a sustainable group acting for this purpose and committing other illegal actions, the ministry’s public relations department told APA.

The ministry’s Main Investigation Department has launched criminal cases under articles #12.1,279.1, 12.3,28,214.2.1, 12.3,28,214.2.3,12.1,218.2 and 283-1.3.The detainees were sentenced to the pre-trial detention.

Investigation is underway on the cases of Shirkhan Khasayli, Elshan Adilov, Vugar Hajiyev, and Azer Eyyubov. Measures continue to investigate all case of the crimes and find other participants of these illegal acts.

It became clear that Shirkhan Khasayli, Rovshan Mikayilov, Elshan Adilov, Vugar Hajiyev, and Azer Eyyubov have participated in the operations of various armed groups – including the “Islamic State” (ISIL) terrorist organization– that are illegal according to the laws of the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Iraq at different times from 2013 to 2015.

Note that, the terms of imprisonments for the above-noted crimes in the law of Azerbaijan have been increased up to 20 years or lifetime.

The National Security Ministry urges the citizens to be cautious and stay away from illegal acts aimed against national security and outside influences national interests.