Five people were killed on Sunday morning when preventing penetration of the armed group from Iran to the territory of Azerbaijan. The incident occurred in the area guarded by the Border outpost in the village of Dashkend of Yardimli region.
According to the press service of the State Border Service (SBS), On 13 March at around 04:10 a signaling device detected the movement of eight or ten people on the side of Iran. The violators refused to obey the command to "stand", ignored a warning shot, and showed armed resistance. In this connection, the border guards opened fire: five people were injured and two others were arrested.
Despite the efforts the doctors could not save the lives of the wounded. It has been found that a group of violators were from Bangladesh and their two armed conductors. Their citizenship and number is not specified. During the inspection of the scene were revealed cartridges to the hunting rifles, one pistol "Browning". Commander of Border Troops of Azerbaijan, Colonel-General Elchin Guliyev arrived to the scene.
The SBS and the military prosecutor's office continue operational-search and investigative activities. Based on the information that the search continues, it is assumed that some offenders managed to break through to the territory of Azerbaijan. Armed incidents used to take place in the past between the border guards and the violators who are usually drug traffickers. -06D--
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