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National Security Ministry has exposed a radical religious group composed of Azerbaijani citizens as a result of the measures taken to combat international terrorism. The ministry’s Public Affairs Center told APA that the group having links to the international terrorist network set up an illegal armed

National Security Ministry has exposed a radical religious group composed of Azerbaijani citizens as a result of the measures taken to combat international terrorism.

The ministry’s Public Affairs Center told APA that the group having links to the international terrorist network set up an illegal armed unit and planned to commit illegal actions aiming to violate socio-political stability and suspend the state’s secular and democratic development.

Head of the group Azer Misirkhanov, aka Abdulla, had once participated in the special trainings and operations with illegal armed units in various conflict zones. In 2001, he was detained while attempting to cross Azerbaijani border and sentenced for attempting to illegally cross the border and participating in the composition of illegal armed units. But Misirkhanov did not give up his crimes after imprisonment. He planned to commit more large-scale and dangerous crimes in Azerbaijan. According to the recent reports, he crossed the territory of a foreign country to participate in the terrorist actions against antiterrorist coalition forces.

Rashid Mustafayev, Faig Jafarov, Firdovsi Guliyev, Vasif Omarov, Vusal Isayev, Mahir Allahverdiyev, Elmeddin Farajov, Asif Emikishili, Alkaram Mammadov, Rashad Nabiyev, Tural Hasanov, Jeyhun Aliyev and others committed crimes under Azer Misirkhanov’s leadership. They participated in getting, smuggling, transporting, keeping of firearms, committing terrorist actions, robberies and other crimes in Azerbaijan. Under the court’s decision, the members of the armed unit were arrested. They gave detailed testimonies about the activity, plan and intentions of the armed unit.

It was found out that the members of the armed unit organized hiding of Samir Mehdiyev, aka Suleyman, one of the leaders of the “Forest brothers” armed unit, who was searched for committing terror attack in Abu Bakr mosque on August 17. 2008. Moreover, it was found out that Azer Misirkhanov called one of the active members of the group Rashid Mustafayev to the foreign country, where he was hiding, and met with him in the rented house. Misirkhanov showed the firearms, ammunitions and other military supplies to Rashid Mustafayev and told him to receive those supplies in Azerbaijan.

It was also found out that Azer Misirkhanov had planned to violate stability, organize terror attacks to create panic and explode Baku-Novorossiysk oil pipeline on the eve of the presidential elections in Azerbaijan. Azer Misirkhanov gave instructions to Rashid Mustafayev about it.

After returning to Baku in October, 2008, Rashid Mustafayev commissioned another member of the group Asif Emikishili to determine the place of the oil pipelines from Azerbaijan to Russia and prepare explosives to blast them. In October, 2008, Asif Emikishili came to Khachmaz region and wrongly considering big pipelines Baku-Novorossiysk oil pipeline, determined the place favorable for committing blast and gave information to Rashid Mustafayev.

Asif Amikishili engineered two dial-work explosives using the electro-detonator and 2 kg and 500 g of plastids. He arrived in Khachmaz region by the public transport in mid-October, 2008. He placed the explosives on the two sides of both pipelines in the previously planned place in 500 m from the bridge across the Valvalchay River in 149 km of the Baku-Khachmaz road. Asif Amikishili detonated the explosives scheduling explosions on 00.00 on that day. Then Asif Amikishili returned to Sumgayit and informed Rashid Mustafayev about placing the explosives and they watched the mass media to hear the information about the explosion, but there was no such information. They concluded that the explosives were not detonated. Asif Amikishili visited the area again to check it and saw that both pipelines were damaged with by the explosion and informed Rashid Mustafayev about that.

During the investigation at site for verifying the Asif Amikishili’s testimony giving the interrogators, it was found out that the exploded pipelines were situated near the residential areas in Kahchmaz Region. However the pipelines were designed not for oil transportation, but for the drinking water supply of Baku. A lot of evidences proving the crime were taken from the site. The persons, who exploded mistakenly the water pipelines, but not oil, did not avoid committing horrible crime against their people and proved that they had intentions of dangerous criminals.

It was clarified that Rashid Mustafayev visited Katekh Village of Balakan Region for two times by order of Azer Misirkhanov and met with several persons, whose identities are defined by the investigative bodies now. Rashid Mustafayev brought the arms and ammunitions, smuggled by those people to the Republic of Azerbaijan, to Sumgayit and hided it in the garage he rented together with other member of the armed group Faig Jafarov.

By Azer Misirkhanov’s order, Rashid Mustafayev, who continued his criminal actions, sent Faig Jafarov to Katekh Village of Balakan Region to receive the next part of the ammunitions smuggling to the republic later in November, 2008. Jafarov met with the persons, whose identities are investigated, and received a large part of ammunitions and brought it to Sumgayit and hided.

The members of the armed group were detained as a result of anti-terror operations on January 14, 2009. A part of the ammunitions were found in the hiding in reedy near the Faig Jafarov’s house in Saray settlement of Absheron District.

Other part of ammunitions hided by the armed groups was also found. During the inspection of the yard owned by member of the group Alkaram Mammadov in Sumgayit City’s Haji Zeynalabidin Tagiyev settlement, the ammunitions and military equipments were found in the 1.5 m-depth well. Three plastids contained more than 5 kg explosives, known as “martyr’s belt” among the terrorists, one 200-gram TNT block, two PRG-7 hand-launchers and its five shells, two Mukha hand-launchers, seven AKS and two AKSU submachine guns, UZI and EAGLE guns, Makarov, Magnum, Umarex, Sig Sauer, Fort-14 pistols and muffler, one Winchester rifle, 57 full containers for the submachine guns and pistols, 60 electro-detonators, 22 remote control systems, 12 F-1, 11 RGD-5 and 5 other hand grenades, 25 grenade-detonators, 12 detonator capsules, 20 KENWOOD radio stations, 10 emergency flares, one dial-work for explosives, one compass and large part of different patrons and other ammunitions belonged to the armed group were found and confiscated.

The investigation found out that armed criminal group attempted to commit robbery to gain additional money and strengthen their material and technical base for realization of their intentions. Members of armed criminal group Firdovsi Guliev, Mahir Allahverdiyev, Asif Amikishili, Vasif Omarov and Elmaddin Farajov were armed with guns and revolvers owned by Azer Misirkhanov on March 28, 2007 and committed armed attack by car marked Tofash owned workers of exchange point in Sumgait at 22.00 using radio stations for communication. Criminals aimed to take money from the car. Workers of exchange point – Ilham Amirli, Seyhun Tarverdipur and his brother police Galib Tarverdipur were injured as a result of shooting. The car did not stop and escape from the site. Therefore criminals could not catch their goals.

Moreover, investigations made clear that members of armed criminal group Rashid Mustafayev, Jeyhun Aliyev, Tural Hasanov and others were coordinated to rob the car delivering investments owned by Veyseloglu Company. Rashid Mustafayev, Jeyhun Aliyev, Tural Hasanov and others were armed with revolver marked Makarov and arrived at the company by car marked LADA Toscana owned by Tural on October 30, 2008. The car driven by criminals followed the car owned by the company till Parabank in 56 Aliyev Avenue. But they did not attack because of crowd people around them and planned to realize it next day. They were armed on October 31, 2008 and met near metro station May 28 and arrived at the company. Rashid and Jeyhun lied in ambush, Tural and others reached the site called car market in Babek Avenue in Nizami District to rob any car.

Tural and others came up to taxi owned by Elchin Husseinov and asked him to carry them to the restaurant Neolit. Criminals threatened taxi driver and took the car from him and escaped from the site. Police officials followed them at the request of injured man. Criminals ran away from the car near the mosque in Keshla settlement. They provided information to Rashid about the case and they refused to commit attack not depending on their will.

National Security Main Investigation Department has launched a criminal case under the Articles 279.19 (Creation of armed formations or groups, which are not provided by the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic, and also participation in their creation and activity, supplying them by weapon, ammunition, explosives, military engineering or military equipment), 29,214.2.1 (Terrorism committed on preliminary arrangement by group of persons, by organized group or criminal community (criminal organization)), 29,214.2.3 (committed with application of fire-arms or subjects used as a weapon), 228.2.1(Illegal purchase, transfer, selling, storage, transportation and carrying of fire-arms, accessories to it, supplies, explosives on preliminary arrangement by group of persons), 229.2.1(Illegal manufacturing of a weapon on preliminary arrangement by group of persons), 181.2.1, 181.2.5(Burglary), 206.3.2(Smuggling on preliminary arrangement by group of persons) and 234.1 (Illegal purchase or storage without a purpose of selling of narcotics or psychotropic substances in a quantity (amount) exceeding necessary for personal consumption) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Investigation is under way to determine other members of the criminal group and hold them accountable.

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