Azerbaijan launches criminal case into terrorist attack on embassy in Iran State Security Service statement

A criminal case has been launched into the fact of the terrorist attack against the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran.

 According to Caliber.Az, information about this was reported by the Azerbaijani State Security Service.

“On January 27, at about 8:30 am Baku time, an armed attack was carried out on the Azerbaijani embassy in the Islamic Republic of Iran. A man armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle broke through the security post, killed the head of the security service of the embassy, Askerov, Orkhan Rizvan oglu, and wounded two more security officers. The embassy staff managed to disarm the criminal.

The State Security Service initiated a criminal case on the fact under Articles 12.2, 120.2.1, 12.2, 120.2.4, 12.2, 120.2.11, 12.2, 29, 120.2.7, 12.3, 214.2.1, 12.3, 214.2.3 and 12.2, 228.2. 1 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. Operational and investigative measures are currently underway. An appeal has been sent to the relevant authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran to resolve the necessary issues related to the investigation,” the State Security Service said in a statement.