Nerminə Şabanova, Elvin Əhmədov, and Naib İsmiyev, accused of preparing to assassinate a cleric, were brought to court in a criminal case initiated by the State Security Service (SSS).
“Elchi” reports that the verdict was read today in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, presided over by Judge Vugar Seyidov.
According to the verdict, defendants Nerminə Şabanova and Naib İsmiyev were sentenced to 10 years, and Elvin Əhmədov to 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment.
It should be noted that the accused were detained as a result of an operation conducted by the SSS.
According to the indictment, Nerminə Şabanova entered into criminal relations with foreign citizens and agreed to receive a certain amount of money in exchange for sending photos and videos of the chairman of a foreign religious community to those individuals. Later, with the aim of ending the chairman’s life, they planned to organize an assassination through N. Şabanova by involving Naib İsmiyev.
The accused identified and recorded a video of the location where the assassination would be organized and where they would subsequently escape. Elvin Əhmədov also took the explosive device from the location previously determined by the organizers and took it to his residence in Masazır settlement.
He received a certain amount of money in return. After that, he hid the device in an uninhabited place. The planned actions were prevented by the SSS.
It should be noted that the accused were detained as a result of an operation conducted by the SSS. Nerminə Şabanova and Naib İsmiyev are charged under Articles 28 (preparation for a crime) and 277 (assassination of a state or public figure) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, while Elvin Əhmədov is charged under Article 228.2.1 (illegal possession of weapons, committed by a group of persons in prior conspiracy, by an organized group).