Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.19 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /
A resident of Baku is wanted under suspicion of murdering his brother and injuring a close relative with a shot wound.
On Aug.18, at around 21:00 near the Martyrs Lane in the Bakikhanov region, the refugee of the Zangilan region, Namig Movsumov, inflicted wounds on his close relative, Etibar Balakishizade, with an illegally possessed Makarov pistol, the Prosecutor's Office of the Sabunchu region told Trend on Aug.19.
Wounded Balakishizade killed Movsumov by twice shooting from the latter's pistol.
The suspected fled the scene of the crime and is now being searched for. The motives for the crime are unknown. The Prosecutor's Office of the Sabunchu region has launched a criminal case under the Azerbaijani Criminal Code Articles 120.1 (premeditated murder), 29.120.1 (attempted premeditated murder) and 228 (illegal purchase, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of firearms, component parts thereof, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices).
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