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Suspects in murder of Iranian student in Baku involved in another crime, law enforcement say

19 October 2017 11:06 (UTC +04:00)

Five persons suspected of murdering an Iranian student in Novkhani settlement, Baku on October 11 this year are accused of committing another crime.

Urgent investigative measures found out that Yunus Jamalli, Natig Babaverdiyev, Jeyhun Talibli, Parvin Almammadov and Zahid Dunyamaliev broke into the house of Kurdamir district resident Zahid Zarbaliyev, taped his and his wife’s mouth shut and stole a large amount of money and jewelry, law enforcement authorities told APA.

On October 11 at 04:00am, the abovementioned persons, having agreed in advance in order to rob someone else’s property, broke into the house of Iranian citizen Saman Mohtati in Novkhani and killed him. However, they could not take any property from the house and fled the scene.

As a result of investigative measures carried out, the group members were detained.

The deceased was a student of Azerbaijan Medical University.