SSS operation in Baku: terrorist attack against religious figure prevented

As a result of operational and investigative activities carried out by the State Security Service (SSS) of Azerbaijan, Georgian citizen Agil Goyja oglu Aslanov and citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Shahin oglu Ismayilov, who were planning a terrorist attack against a member of one of the religious communities operating in our country, were detained, Oxu.Az reports with reference to the press service of the SSS. The service learned that A. Aslanov, who is involved in drug smuggling, met with employees of the special services of this country through an acquaintance in September 2024 during a trip to a third country. They showed Aslanov photographs of a member of a religious community in Azerbaijan and offered to assassinate him for 200 thousand dollars. By mutual agreement, Agil Aslanov was instructed to collect and transmit to them the necessary intelligence information about the community member and his place of work, for which he was given an advance payment of $2,000.

A criminal case was opened in the State Security Service on this fact under Articles 28, 214.2.1 (preparation for terrorism by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, an organized group or a criminal association (criminal organization), 274 (high treason) and 276 (espionage) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The court chose a preventive measure in the form of arrest for Agil Aslanov and Jeyhun Ismayilov.

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