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Azerbaijani Interior Ministry and Prosecutor Generalâ€™s Office issue statement on yesterdayâ€™s skirmish in Sumgayit

12 December 2013 14:37 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov – APA. The Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General’s Office has issued a statement on the skirmish in Sumgayit.

The Interior Ministry told APA that on December 11 at 20:30, a group of persons belonging to extremists Kharijites and Salafists argued in a tea house in the 10th residential district, Sumgayit. As a result, city residents Anar Rahimov and Elmar Mammadli were stabbed.

Following this, the argument was continued outside the tea house and grenades and automatic weapons were used. Residents of Teze Jorat settlements Elshan Musayev and Elnur Nazaraliyev received shrapnel wounds. The fire opened from the automatic weapons hit a nearby apartment and a moving car. No one was wounded.

Employees of Sumgayit Police Office and Prosecutor’s Office immediately arrived at the site, necessary measures were taken, investigation was carried out and material evidences were seized.

5 perpetrators of the armed conflict were detained. As a result of urgent measures, 2 more people - Sumgayit city residents Zaur Pashayev and Murad Maharramov were arrested while trying to leave the country in different directions.

Two grenades were seized from the house of suspected Elchin Akberov.

Injured Mammadli and Nazaraliyev were hospitalized, their conditions are satisfactory.

A criminal case has been launched on the fact under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code.

Investigation team consisting of experienced employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General's Office identified other perpetrators and continue measures to be bring them to justice.