Suspects in Yekaterinburg murder case laid to rest in Azerbaijan
According to the agency, the brothers were laid to rest in a cemetery in the Hajibedelli settlement
BAKU, July 1. /TASS/. Brothers Ziyaddin and Husein Safarov, murder suspects who died on Monday in Yekaterinburg during a police raid, have been buried in Azerbaijan’s Aghjabadi district, the AzerTaj news agency reported.
According to it, the brothers were laid to rest in a cemetery in the Hajibedelli settlement. Their bodies were brought from Yekaterinburg to Baku the day before. After a forensic medical examination on Tuesday, they were moved to the Aghjabadi district, where the brothers were buried alongside their parents.
The press service of the Sverdlovsk Region branch of the Russian Investigative Committee reported earlier that police had carried out a raid on a criminal enterprise. Investigators say the defendants were involved in several murders and attempted murders in Yekaterinburg in 2001, 2010, and 2011. The Russian Investigative Committee noted that six people were detained in total. According to preliminary information, one of the suspects died of heart failure. The cause of death of the second defendant is being established.
According to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Russian charge d'affaires Pyotr Volkovykh, who was summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, provided the necessary explanations regarding the situation. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized the importance of providing clarity to Baku about why the Azerbaijani nationals in Yekaterinburg were detained. In turn, Baku showed its protest over the actions of law enforcement officials by canceling cultural and other events with Russia. The Kremlin emphasized that Moscow regrets Baku's actions.