Officials from the Azerbaijan's Ministry of National Security detained six local people who, according to the agency, planned to commit acts of terror.According to Caucasian Knot Niyameddin Khalilov, Rufis Baimov, Rashad Hashimli, Ilgar Musayev, Anar Rzayev and Jeykhun Abdullayev were detained in an anti-terrorism operation conducted by the Ministry of National Security.
Azerbaijani information agency APA reports that weapons and ammunition were found under the control of group members who had tried "to create a Sharia state in Azerbaijan" and commit acts of terror. The APA reported that in November 2014 the above-mentioned people, and others, appointed an 'emir' for themselves.
Meanwhile, a trial against Azerbaijani citizen Elkhan Mustafayev, who is suspected of taking part in the jihad in Syria, began at Baku's Court of Grave Crimes. At the same court, legal proceedings finished on a criminal case related to an armed incident between the members of radical currents Khawarij and Salafi on 11 December 11, 2013 in the town of Sumgait.
The incident took place at teahouse Soltan in the 10th microdistrict of Sumgait. The dispute, which had begun between the two groups of radicals as a result of the divergences of religious views, turned into an armed incident. Khawarij emir Elchin Akberov, nicknamed "Mamed", and Salafi leader Elshan Musayev, nicknamed "Hamza" were among those detained.