Azerbaijan, Baku, May 1/ Trend , K. Zarbaliyeva/ One man has been detained as a suspect for the armed attack on Azerbaijan State Oil Academy.
"Farda Gadirov's fellow villager Aliyev Nadir Shirkhan oglu, 25, who kept close contact with the murderer, has been detained as suspect as a result of the search operations today," Prosecutor General's Office spokesperson Eldar Sultanov told Trend .
Sultanov said an investigation has been launched on the suspect.
A gunman attacked Building 2 of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy on April 30. According to preliminary reports, the gunman entered the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in Baku and climbed five floors of the building, shooting everyone he met along the way and killed 12, wounded 13. The joint statement by the Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General's Office said the attack was committed by 29-year-old Georgian citizen Gadirov Farda Asad oglu by Makarov pistol. The Building 2 houses Oil and Gas Industry and Oil Mechanics departments.
The fire killed 12 and wounded 13. Three of the wounded have been discharged.
Gadirov then shot and killed himself with the gun, a Makarov pistol, when he saw police approaching.
Three cartridge-belts with capacity of 40 bullets and 71 bullets and two magazines were seized from the body of the killer.
A suit has been filed on murder for hooliganism purposes (120.2.2), brutal murder (120.2.4), murdering more than one people (120.2.7), and an attempt of murder (29, 120.2.7) and illegal storing of arms (228.1).
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