Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend E.Huseynov / Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend S.Agayeva / A serious fight occurred between Azerbaijani and Armenian youths at the end of a festival which was held in the Moscow-based Russian University of Friendship of People on 1 May.
During the festival which was organized in the Russian University, the Armenians provoked young Azerbaijani youths several times to fight. Witnessing the Armenians dancing and raising the flag of the un-recognized self-proclaimed separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani students warned them to stop. The Azerbaijani students then reported the incident to both officers of the corresponding security agencies of the Russian capital and the director of the University about the illegitimacy of the actions by the Armenians, as well as of the provocative nature of their statements and actions. The Armenians ignored the requests and began to distribute Anti-Azerbaijan literature amongst students of the University regardless of the protests from the Azerbaijanis.
One of the Azerbaijanis who took part in the fighting tore up the flag of the so-called ' Independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic'. Even after the Russian police and the OMON (emergency plat) arrived at the scene and fired shots into the air, the Azerbaijanis and Armenians continued fighting with each other.
As Trend has been informed, Aghali Alyshev, 22, who received a gunshot wound, has been operated on at Hospital 64, within the Russian Capitol. Information regarding his condition has yet to be confirmed.
On 2 May the Law-enforcement of the Obruchevskiy Region of Moscow launched an investigation into the incident, which resulted in the injury of 4 Azerbaijani citizens.
Meanwhile, Nigar Akhundova, the adviser for humanitarian issues at the Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia, said by telephone that one of the injured, Agali Alyshov, is currently in Moscow and his health is satisfactory after the recent surgery. Three more Azerbaijanis, who received superficial knife injuries were not admitted to the hospital, she added.
Attempts to obtain information on the incident from the university, as well as from the Interior Affairs Department of Obruchevskiy Region were not successful.
Galina Kuzmina, Press Secretary of the University, announced that a special commission has been established by the Russian University of Friendship of Nations to be involved in the investigation into the recent incident. The commission is comprised of representatives of the university only and members of the law enforcement are not involved. Statements will only be available once the commission has drawn its conclusion. At the same time Kuzmina noted that the majority of the arrested persons were not students of the University and the Moscow City Deрartment of Interior Affairs of Obruchevskiy Region is looking into the case. There were no University students amongst those injured.