Baku/17.07.18/Turan: The law enforcement bodies of the country made another leak to the pro-government mass media about new arrests on the riots in the city of Ganja on July 10. In particular, the arrest of Jeyhun Gurbanov, Vugar Allahverdiyev, Ulvi Hasanov and Alim Yusifov is reported. They are accused of planning and organizing a terrorist attack and unrest. In particular, Jeyhun Gurbanov is accused of spying on the Mayor of Ganja, Elmar Veliyev, in order to prepare a terrorist act and transfer information to Yunis Safarov, who shot Valiyev on July 3. Vugar Allahverdiyev and Ulvi Hasanov are accused of actively participating in the riots on July 10.
Alim Yusifov is accused of organizing a visit of citizens from the Shamkir region to the city of Ganja to participate in mass riots.
The law enforcement agencies arrested about 20 people for participating in riots and attacking policemen. In addition, several people living abroad were put on the wanted list for appeals for participation in protests. -02D-
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