(MENAFN- AzerNews) A criminal investigation is being continued by the State
Security Service into the terrorist acts committed by illegal armed
units operating in the Karabakh region of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, the State Security Service told Azernews .
It says that reasonable suspicion has been established during
the investigation that Arkadi Arshaviri Ghukasyan, Bako Sahaki
Sahakyan and Davit Rubeni Ishkhanyan created armed groups in
contravention of the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan
while acting as so-called“presidents of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic” and“interim president” respectively, organized their
activities, supplied these illegal armed groups with weaponry,
ammunition, explosives, military equipment and hardware, organized
raids on offices, organizations and individuals causing the death
of people and other serious consequences, illegally acquired,
transferred, stored, transported firearms, their parts, ammunition,
explosives with full knowledge that money and other property would
be used directly and indirectly by these illegal armed groups for
the purpose of committing acts of terror by means of their
deliberate collection, allocation and distribution.
Reasonable suspicion has also been established of the fact that
the mentioned individuals are responsible for organizing terrorist
acts in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In order to
learn the methods of committing such acts, trainings were organized
on the use of firearms, explosive substances and devices, toxic
substances, other dangerous technical means, and use of firearms
with the intention of pursuing ethnic bigotry and hostility in
order to kill people, harm their health, cause significant damage
to their property, disrupt public order, sow panic among the
population, influence decision-making by state authorities and
international organizations, as well as continuously engage in
mining of territories and other actions.
As a result of the actions carried out by the State Security
Service, Arkadi Ghukasyan, born in the city of Khankendi in 1957,
Bako Sahakyan, born in the same city in 1960, and Davit Ishkhanyan,
born in the Khojavand district of Azerbaijan in 1958, were arrested
on October 3, 2023. Charges were brought against them under
Articles 214.2.1, 214.2.2, 214.2.3 of the Criminal Code of the
Republic of Azerbaijan (terrorism by repeated use of firearms,
explosives and devices by an organized gang), 214-1 (financing
terrorism), 214-3.2 (organization of trainings with the purpose of
terrorism), 228.3 (repeated illegal acquisition, storage,
transportation and movement of firearms, their parts, ammunition,
explosives and devices by an organized group) and 279.3 (creating
armed groups and units not provided for by law and participation in
their activities).
Investigative and operational measures on the criminal case are
being continued.
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