Official Baku does not comment the death of the country"s citizens in Dagestan

Azerbaijani authorities  have not commented yet  the death of its citizens on August 18 during the terrorist attack in the mosque of Imam Ali in the Dagestani town of Khasavyurt. As a result of an armed attack, one  Azerbaijani died and  seven were wounded. The dead was a 17-year Elmin Elkhan oglu Jafarov rom thw village of  Pensyar  of Astara region. The injured are being treated in Khasavyurt.

Attack was made during the festive Iftar in the Shiite mosque, which is mainly visited by Azerbaijanis, located in Dagestan on earnings.

Law enforcement of Dagestan  continue investigation.

This topic is widely discussed on the Internet by users. Many agree that the attack was organized by the Wahhabi groups on the grounds of religious intolerance. These groups consider Shiites infidels and apostates.

In Dagestan clashes on religious grounds  often take  place, but, for the first time,  the first victims of armed attacks, became  Azerbaijanis.

It should be noted that so far, the law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan prevented the  attempts to "export"  religious extremism from the North Caucasus. With the exception of an armed attack on the Abu Bakr mosque in August 2008, there have not been that any serious crimes in Azerbaijan  linked to the North Caucasus and the international terrorist network.—06D--