A court hearing was held on the appeal against the verdict in the case of Abdulla Aliyev, who is accused of attempting to commit terrorism in Azerbaijan, APA reports.
The decision was made in the trial held at the Baku Court of Appeal, chaired by Judge Ramin Garagurbanli.
According to the decision, the appeal was not upheld, and the verdict of the lower court remained in force.
Recall that, under the verdict of the Baku Court on Grave Crimes, Abdulla Aliyev was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
It should be noted that he was charged under Articles 28, 214.2.1 (terrorism committed by a group of persons acting in prior conspiracy, by an organized gang or a criminal association (criminal organization)), 28, 214.2.3 (terrorism committed using firearms or objects used as weapons), 28, 214.2.6 (terrorism committed on the grounds of religious enmity, religious radicalism, or religious fanaticism), and 218.2 (participation in a criminal association (organization), including participation in the union of organizers, leaders, or other representatives of organized groups) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
According to the information, he was apprehended in the act thanks to the professionalism of the State Security Service while planning an attack on a Jewish synagogue using a Molotov cocktail.
It should be recalled that 18-year-old Abdulla Aliyev, a resident of Sumgayit with ties to the terrorist organization “ISIS-Khorasan,” was preparing to carry out a large-scale terrorist attack against the “Baku Mountain Jews Synagogue” located in central Baku.
