Sentenced for participation in illegal armed group

On 6 April, 2015 the Baku Court on Grave Crimes completed the trial of Firdovsi Yusifov and Taleh Soltanov both of whom are convicted of fighting within the Islamic State and other armed groups, APA reports.

The court sentenced F. Yusifov to 11.6 years and T. Soltanov to 7.6 years in prison.

Agency notes that a statement dated Sept. 23 issued by the Public Relations Center of the Ministry of National Security says 26 Azerbaijani citizens were detained over creation of armed formations or groups, which are not provided by the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic, and also participation in their creation and activity, supplying them by weapon, ammunition, explosives, military engineering or military equipment, as well as involving of minor to criminal activity by a person, obliged to bring up a minor and other illegal acts. F. Yusifov and T. Soltanov are among the detainees.

The Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of National Security launched criminal cases on the facts under articles 12.1, 279.1 and 170.3 of the Criminal Code.

It was revealed that Yusifov Firdovsi and Soltanov Taleh fought under the armed groups in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which are not provided by the legislations of Pakistan and Azerbaijan.

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