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Baku/01.07.21/Turan: The Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan has completed a preliminary investigation into the case of the former commander of the National Army Corps, Lieutenant General Rovshan Akperov, who is accused of murder.
The investigation had serious suspicions that Akperov, after a feast in a cafe in Kiev on the night of May 31 to June 1, 2001, at about 4 a.m. near this institution, based on a minor conflict between their hooligan motives hit Elchin Aliyev with a piercing-cutting object. He died from his wounds.
Akperov was charged under the Articles of the Criminal Code: 12.1, 120.2.2 (premeditated murder committed outside Azerbaijan) and 12.1, 221.3 (hooliganism committed outside Azerbaijan).
The materials of the criminal case were sent to the Baku Military Court for consideration.—06d-
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