MOSCOW PROBES SHOOTING OF AZERI STUDENT

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
May 2 2007

State of health of Azerbaijani student Aghali Alishov injured during
the scuffle between Azerbaijanis and Armenians in the People’s
Friendship University after Patricia Lumumba in Moscow is stabile,
9th department of the hospital told the APA.

Aghali Alishov who has already been taken to hospital ward was
interrogated by law-enforcement bodies. The hospital said the patient
feels normal.

Azerbaijani students told APA that Aghali was for the first time
interrogated yesterday after the surgery. Law-enforcement bodies
interrogated him in order to launch criminal case on the incident.

The police are probing footages made by security cameras of the
university. Azerbaijani students said Azerbaijani Diaspora in Moscow
assumed his treatment expenditures.

Azerbaijani and Armenian students will today meet in the University
to clarify the incident. The students will debate on prevention such
incidents in the future".

Press secretary of the People’s Friendship University Galina Kuzmina
said injured Aghali Alishov is not the student of their university.

"Aghali Alishov is not out student. Yesterday’s exhibition was open
and anyone was able to participate there. Special public commission
has been established to investigate the incident. The commission will
publicize the results of the investigation soon".

Moscow Interior Affairs Office told APA the criminal case is being
investigated but the details of the process are not publicized because
of investigation secret.