On November 13, 2021, at 07:12, Armenian citizen Norayr Mirzoyan (born in 1975), moving from the Azerbaijani city of Khankandi along the Khankandi-Lachin highway towards the city of Lachin in a Mercedes-Benz car (with the state registration plate 48-MN-048 ER), got out of the car near the village of Dashalti and threw a grenade towards the servicemen of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and Russian peacekeepers temporarily deployed.
As a result of the attack, committed with the aim of premeditated murder on the basis of ethnic hatred, sergeant Hafiz Nasibov and other servicemen (three in total) received bodily injuries of varying severity.
Mirzoyan and others, who previously acquired an RGD-5 grenade, firearms and explosives, were aiming to commit a terrorist attack and premeditated murder in the territory of Azerbaijan.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan opened a criminal case over the incident Articles 29, 120.2.1 (attempted murder committed by a group of persons, by a group of persons by prior conspiracy, an organized group or a criminal community (criminal organization); 29, 120.2.3 (attempted murder of a victim or his relatives in connection with the performance of the official activity by this person or the fulfillment of public duty), 29, 120.2.4 (attempted murder with particular cruelty or in a generally dangerous way), 214.2.3 (with the use of firearms and objects used as weapons), 228.3 (illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of firearms, explosives by an organized group) and other articles of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
The necessary investigative measures are being taken.
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