BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 13. The Baku Court on Grave Crimes has passed sentences to Emin Aliyarov, Rashad Ahmadov, Azer Sarijanov, Elshad Asgarov, and Sabuhi Shirinov accused of armed assassination against local MP Fazil Mustafa, Trend reports.
According to the sentencing, Sarijanov will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Ahmadov was sentenced to 19 years of imprisonment, with the first five years to be served in jail and the remaining years in a high-security penal colony.
Shirinov was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment, with the first 10 years to be served in jail, and the remaining time in a high-security penal institution.
Asgarov was sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment, with the first five years to be served in jail, and the rest in a high-security penal institution.
Aliyarov was sentenced to four years of imprisonment, which he will serve in a general-regime correctional facility.
Thus, the judicial investigation into the criminal case of the mentioned persons, detained in connection with the attempted murder of Mustafa, has been completed.
To note, on March 28, 2023, at 21:51 (GMT +4), unknown men opened fire at Azerbaijani MP Fazil Mustafa, near his house. The MP came out unscathed, taking two bullets to the shoulder, one on the right side.
A criminal case has been initiated in the Main Investigation Department of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan under articles 277 (attempt on the life of a statesman or public figure with the aim of terminating his official or political activity or revenge for this activity) and 228.2.1 (illegal acquisition, storage, transportation and carrying of firearms, their component parts, and ammunition by a group of persons, entered into a preliminary conspiracy) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
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