Azerbaijan, Baku, 20 August / Trend corr. K.Zarbaliyeva / Person, who was suspected of blast at the Abu Bakir Mosque in Baku, was arrested.
The detained person is a resident of Astara region and his name is still not publicized, the law enforcement bodies told Trend .
There is not enough evidence to prove that the blast was committed by this person, the source said.
The blast took place at the Abu Bakir Mosque in U.Bunyadzade Street of Baku city at 08.50p.m on 17 August.
The unknown man threw two RGD-1 kinds of grenades into the Mosque, breaking the Mosque's window with stone.
According to the official information, two men died in this incident, whilst unofficial source said that three men died.
Investigation of the incident was commissioned to the Baku City Public Prosecutor's Office and criminal case was filed on the fact on Articles 120.2.4 (deliberate homicide through general dangerous method), 120.2.7 (deliberate homicide of two or more people) and 228 (illegal purchase, transfer, sale, storage, conveyance or carrying of firearms, components details of them, ammunition, explosive substances and facilities) of the Criminal Code.
Especially, people, who belong to Salafit sect, pray in the Abu Bakir Mosque. In 2008, the Azerbaijani National Security Ministry and the State Committee on Religious Organizations held operations in this Mosque and withdraw banned religious books.
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