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The person involved in the activities of illegal armed
groups outside the country has been detained
The State Security Service continues to
take measures to identify and bring to justice the citizens of the Republic of
Azerbaijan who are members of illegal armed groups operating in foreign
countries.
Operational-investigative measures were
carried out based on information received during the investigation that Jamalov
Orkhan, a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan, born in 1986, left the country
in 2014, joined the “ISIS” terrorist group in Syria, and operated within that
illegal group.
Earlier, Orkhan Jamalov was convicted due
to the discovery of hand grenades and cartridges of various calibres during a
search of his residence conducted in connection with operational-search
activities undertaken to prevent members of the illegal armed group “Forest
Brothers” led by Ilgar Mollachiyev, a resident of Zagatala region, from
committing acts of terrorism-sabotage in the country. After being released,
Orkhan Jamalov, at the invitation and with the help of a man named Shamil,
nicknamed “Hanzala”, crossed into the Republic of Turkey in August 2014, and
from there illegally entered the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic and went
to Raqqa. There were substantial
suspicions that Orkhan Jamalov joined an illegal armed group called “Azeri
Jamaat”, which is subordinate to the terrorist organization “ISIS”, and
participated in training and armed conflicts as part of this criminal group.
In connection with the criminal case
initiated by the State Security Service based on the above-mentioned facts, Orkhan
Jamalov has been charged under Articles 12.1, 218.2 (participation in a criminal
organization) and 283-1.3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (participation
in groups, training or armed conflicts created to engage in armed conflicts
outside the Republic of Azerbaijan under the guise of spreading religious
sects, performing religious rites, or on the basis of religious enmity,
religious radicalism or religious fanaticism) and has been remanded in custody based
on the court decision. During the interrogation, he admitted that he had gone
to the area due to being deceived in the name of religion and the events that
took place there contradicted the true nature of religion, and confessed to the
crimes and expressed his sincere remorse.
Operational-investigative measures are
underway in connection with the criminal case.