Another suspect in Baku Oil Academy shooting detainedMay 4, 2009 - 23:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Police detained a second man with alleged connections to a gunman who shot 12 people dead at Oil Academy of Azerbaijan last week before killing himself, prosecutors say.Police had picked up Javidan Amirov, a relative of the gunman, said the interior ministry and general prosecutor's office in a statement. Officers had found 12 ammunition cartridges and five grams of hashish were found in his apartment, the statement said. It also said that Nadir Aliyev, detained on Friday, the day after the shooting, had been charged as an accomplice. He had been at the university with the gunman on the morning of the shooting, said the statement. Police say the gunman, 29-year-old Farda Gadirov, killed 12 people and wounded 13 at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy with a semi-automatic pistol. He shot himself after security forces surrounded the building. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. |