Armed Incident in Goranboy

Baku / 13.07.19 / Turan: The Prosecutor General"s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan made a statement in connection with the armed incident in the Goranboy region.

According to a press release, on July 12, at about 23 o'clock, a security officer of the district police department, Vusal Karimov, in office time in the village of Goran, Goranboy district, approached a group of people who had gathered on the side of the road after a car accident.

The police officer wanted to find out the cause of the incident. At that moment, there was a conflict between the policeman and Garapirimli village resident Latif Amrahov and the latter struck and threw the police officer on the ground. Karimov opened a warning fire into the air, and the bullet hit L. Amrahov's cousin Tabriz Amrahov. After that, the brother of the wounded Parviz Amrahov grabbed a service pistol from the policeman with a handle of his weapon and struck him numerous times in the head area. The police officer received heavy injuries.

Police officer Karimov and citizen T. Amrahov were taken to the Ganja city central hospital.

The necessary expertise has been carried out, the scene has been inspected, material evidence has been taken and other necessary investigative actions have been carried out.

Officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Prosecutor"s Office were sent to the Goranboy region.

The investigation of the case is entrusted to the Investigation Department for Serious Crimes of the General Prosecutor's Office. At present, the necessary investigative actions and operational-search measures are being carried out to identify all the perpetrators of the incident, as well as to gather evidence related to the case. -06D-