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Representative of German & Norwegian Embassies in Azerbaijan Visit Wounded Journalist

Society Materials 14 March 2008 16:09 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, 14 March / Trend K. Ramazanova/ Representatives of the German and Norwegian Embassies in Azerbaijan visited the wounded journalist, an employee of the opposition Azadlig newspaper Agil Khalil.

On 13 March, at 8.00pm Agil Khalil, a journalist of the Azadlig newspaper, was stabbed in the chest by unknown assailants. He was immediately taken to the Clinical Medical Centre where he was operated on. A criminal case has been filed.

"Each attack creates uncertainty amongst journalists," the First Secretary of the German Ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Zessner said to journalists.

The Norwegian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Yon Ramberg voiced his hope that Azerbaijan's law-enforcement would capture the criminal responsible and have him punished.

The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne Derse, the representatives of the Council of Europe, MPs of the Azerbaijani Parliament Panah Huseyn and Nasib Nasibzade, the representative of the Press Council Aflatun Amashov also visited the wounded journalist.

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