The Baku Court of Grave Crimes has sentenced Elshan Najafov, a defendant in a case of preparing an assassination attempt on the life of a state or public figure, to 12 years in prison, Report informs.
During the hearing, the accused asked to continue the trial behind closed doors and to remove those present from the courtroom to make his final statement. The accused’s request was granted. Then the verdict was announced, Elshan Najafov was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He will serve his sentence in a maximum security correctional facility.
Elshan Najafov was detained in September 2023 during a special operation conducted by the State Security Service (SSG). According to the charges brought against Elshan Najafov, he, having entered into a conspiracy with another citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan residing in the territory of a foreign state, was preparing to commit terrorist acts against officials of foreign states arriving in Azerbaijan, as well as state and public figures of Azerbaijan at public events. He was charged under Articles 28, 277 (preparation for an attempt on the life of a state or public figure), 214-2 (public calls for terrorism), 167-3.1 (production, storage or distribution of religious extremist materials, that is, materials calling for the implementation of religious extremist activities or substantiating or justifying the need for such activities), 281.2 (public calls directed against the state) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
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