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16 People Detained in Azerbaijan Accused of Coup D’etat
18.01.2007 18:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As a result of actions carried out by the Ministry
of National Security of Azerbaijan some 16 people have been detained,
who are accused of organizing Coup D’etat, told AR MNS press officer
Arif Babaev. He stressed that the court has granted permission to hold
under arrest 15 of them. One more man has been arrested as a suspect.

The detained citizens are accused of a number of articles of the
criminal code: 218 (creating a criminal group), 274 (parricide), 28,
278 (preparation for forceful seizure and keeping of the power), 228
(illegal storage of weapons), 204 (production and selling of
counterfeit money and valuable securities). Because of continuation
of investigation and operative research actions the details are not
made public, APA reports.