SGB detained Azerbaijani who fought in Syria

Azerbaijani citizen, who entered into illegal armed groups, was arrested. Haqqin.az reported this in the press service of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan

As a result of investigations, it was found that Azerbaijan citizen Shikhiev Bakhtiyar Sattarchi oglu (born in 1989) at different times was trained in a special training camp in the Syrian village of Rifil-Muhandis with the aim of participating in armed conflicts, terrorist acts outside the country the soil of religious radicalism and religious fanaticism.

During the investigation, reasonable suspicions of Shikhiev’s participation in the activities of an illegal armed formation called “Dzhundul Sham”

appeared.

In the criminal case, Bakhtiyar Shikhiev, which was started in the service of state security, was detained as a suspect and prosecuted as an accused under article 283-1.3 (creation of groups with the aim of participating in armed conflicts outside the Azerbaijan Republic, participation in these groups, exercises or armed conflicts) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.

Currently, the criminal investigation is ongoing.