AZERI CITIZEN SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM DETAINED IN RUSSIAN TYUMEN REGION

PanArmenian News
Feb 17 2005

17.02.2005 17:05

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A citizen of Azerbaijan suspected of terrorism
is detained in the Tyumen region of Russia. The detainee was in
international search of the CIS countries for complicity to acts
of terrorism and participation in illegal armed formations. The
operation on detention was held February 15 by the officers of Tyumen
Regional Department of the Federal Security Council of Russia. The
suspect identity is not made known. The question of his extradition
to Azerbaijan is not solved yet. Last year reports that terrorists
use Azerbaijan as a base for acts of terrorism appeared in the press.
Representative of the operative headquarters for direction of the
counter-terrorism operation in the South Caucasus Ilya Shabalkin stated
that Chechen fighters frequently go to Azerbaijan for treatment or
rest. Shabalkin spoke after a fighter from Shamil Basayev’s band was
detained on his way from Russia to Azerbaijan. The National Security
Ministry of Azerbaijan flatly denied the accusations in not being
able to control the situation. Ministry representatives say that
the operative situation in the country is fully controlled by the
law-enforcement bodies.