BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 1
Trend:
Azerbaijani Prosecutor's General Office and the State Security Service disseminated information related to an investigation over the criminal case against the members of the Armenian armed formations who committed terrorist acts and other criminal acts in Azerbaijan, Trend reports citing the State Security Service’s website on June 1.
The report said the investigation has been completed.
The preliminary investigation of the criminal case was initiated by the Main Investigation Department of the State Security Service against the members of the Armenian armed formations who illegally entered the territory of Azerbaijan, took a position in the forests in the north-western part of the Hadrut village of the Khojavand district and committed terrorist, subversive and other criminal actions against the military personnel and civilians of Azerbaijan.
“The members of the group were disarmed as a result of the anti-terrorist operation of the State Security Service on December 13, 2020, after the announcement of a ceasefire agreed upon by Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia in a trilateral statement made on November 10, 2020,” said the report.
“Members of these armed formations illegally crossed the state border of Azerbaijan on November 26-27, 2020 as an organized group, took up combat positions in the forest and other areas in the northwestern part of the Khojavand district’s Hadrut village,” said the report.
“They carried out attacks on enterprises, institutions and organizations, or on individuals, organized explosions, fires or other actions (terrorist acts) posing a threat to the life and health of people, capable of causing significant property damage or leading to other socially dangerous consequences, with the aim of disrupting public safety, sowing panic among the population or influencing decision-making by the state authorities of Azerbaijan or international organizations,” the information said.
According to the joint information, the criminal case was initiated in connection with the above facts against the members of the illegal armed group - Grach Avakyan, Gegam Serobyan and others, in total 14 persons, under the following articles of Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code:
- 214.2.1, 214.2.3 (terrorism committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, by an organized group or criminal association (criminal organization) with the use of firearms and objects used as weapons);
- 228.3 (illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of weapons, accessories for them, ammunition, explosives and explosives devices committed by an organized group), 279.2 (attack on enterprises, institutions, organizations or on individuals as part of armed formations or groups not provided for by law) and;
- 318.2 (illegal crossing of the state border of Azerbaijan by a group of persons by prior conspiracy or by an organized group).
The investigation of the criminal case was completed and together with the indictment, approved by the deputy prosecutor general of Azerbaijan, was sent for consideration to the court.