Azeri ex-police chief murdered – agency
Turan news agency, Baku
14 Jun 04
Baku, 14 June: Fatulla Huseynov, former top police officer, was shot
dead near his flat on Uzeyir Hacibayov Street [central Baku] early
this morning.
So far it is known that the colonel was killed at the entrance to his
flat at about 0700 [0200 gmt]. The colonel left his flat wearing a
tracksuit and was going jogging. An unidentified criminal made four
to six shots from his gun.
The police have cordoned off all approaches to Huseynov’s flat and
neighbouring areas, rapid-reaction groups and experts are working
at the scene. Interior Minister Ramil Usubov and Prosecutor-General
Zakir Qaralov are expected to arrive at the scene. Official sources
have not yet commented on the incident.
Fatulla Huseynov was the chief of the traffic police under the
Interior Ministry in the late 1970s. Later he left his post and
returned only in the late 1980s and was appointed police chief of
Baku’s Nasimi district. He then worked as chief of the Baku police
for about two years.
In the early 1990s, Fatulla Huseynov headed the public security
directorate under the Interior Ministry. He also participated in the
Karabakh war within Interior Ministry subunits.
Lately, Huseynov was a member of the board of the Association of
Football Federations of Azerbaijan and was its vice-president. He
was also earlier engaged in car business.