Bodies of Azerbaijani brothers killed in Russia’s FSB raid handed over to family PHOTO

The bodies of brothers Huseyn and Ziyaddin Safarov, who were killed during a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) raid in Yekaterinburg on June 27, have been handed over to their family members.

The bodies had been held at the Forensic Medical Examination Bureau in Yekaterinburg following the fatal raid. They are expected to be transported to Azerbaijan for burial, with arrival scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Baku time, Caliber.Az reports via local media.

The early morning raid, which began around 5:00 a.m. (GMT+3) on June 27, involved FSB operatives and members of the Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR). The operation targeted the Safarov family—originally from Aghdam, Azerbaijan—who ran “Kaspi” restaurant in Yekaterinburg.

The violent nature of the operation left Huseyn Safarov, an Azerbaijani citizen, and Ziyaddin Safarov, a Russian citizen, dead. Several others sustained serious injuries, and nine members of the family were detained. The operation was described as violent, with reports of beatings, torture with electric shocks, and degrading treatment, such as forcing detainees to “eat mud” in transport vehicles. 

By Sabina Mammadli