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06 September 2008 [10:40] - Today.Az
An unknown threw a grenade to a group of Azerbaijanis, who were commemorating their deceased compatriot in Moscow on Thursday evening.
06.09.08
11:40
As is reported, the injured people were brought to Moscow hospitals No 7, 12 and 13.
A screw, which was inside the explosive assembly, was extracted from the shin of one of the victims Nalik Nasimov.
The investigation considers several versions of the incident. Among them is skinheads' attack. According to witnesses, two suspicious young people were hanging around the cafe on that evening.
The investigators rule out the version of a terror act. They consider it more real that the blast could be caused by the repartition of influence spheres between ethnic grouping, as most of the people in the cafe were businessmen and entrepreneurs.
A banal hooliganism is also among the versions of the incidents. But for hooligans, the explosion was too carefully arranged.
Ahverdi Shafiyev, who died of cancer and was commemorated that evening, had been a co-owner of Artisan.
As for Huseyn Kerimov, who died in an explosion, he had previously worked on the law enforcement bodies of Azerbaijan. He had problems with law in Russia, as he was targeted by an investigation for the threat of murder.
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5.09.08
12:19
As of Friday morning, seven victims of a blast, which occurred at General Belov's street, remain at hospitals of the city, according to a source in the medical circles of the capital city.
According to sources, the state of two of them is assessed as severe and of five more as moderately severe condition.
"On the whole, nine people were brought to hospital, one of them died and another, Uzbekistan resident, rejected hospitalization", said the source.
As is reported the victims have missile wounds and damages of internal bodies and extremities.
The criminal case on the fact of explosion at Moscow cafe was instituted under paragraph 2 of article 105 (murder of two or more people by generally dangerous methods) and article 222 of the Criminal Code of Russia (illegal turnover of arms and explosives), said a source in the law enforcement bodies of Moscow. "All versions of the incident are being considered", said the source.
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10:56
The tragedy occurred in Artisan cafe at general Belov's street. A group of Azerbaijani natives were commemorating their compatriot, who died of cancer.
At that moment an unknown came close to the cafe and threw a grenade in the direction of the event participants. A blast occurred, resulting in a death to one person, citizen of Azerbaijan (Huseyn Akper oghlu Kerimov, 53 years) and injuries to 10 more people.
Six injured were brought to hospital, the rest 4 appealed to hospital themselves. All of the victims had similar traumas: missile wounds of body, upper and lower extremities. 23-year-old Rafik Allahverdiyev has closed craniocerebral injury and brain concussion.
According to the militia men, an explosive assembly of about 400 grams in trotyl equivalent in power had exploded. 60 screws, filling the bomb, were found on the spot.
A criminal proceeding was instituted into the case. The investigation is considering two versions of the incident: the crime on basis of hooliganism and "criminal shutdown" on the basis of commercial interests.
A passerby also fell the victim along with the Azerbaijanis. It was 32 year old Natalia S, who was passing by the cafe in the moment of the blast.
"We stood from the tables and were going to leave, when a blast was heard, said witness Ibad Huseynov, "I did not understood what happened. Everything was in a dust. People were shouting, moaning and calling for help".
Among the victims was officer of the sixth department of the Russian Interior Ministry, militia mayor Kalib Bakirov.
/Life.ru, Vesti, Vedomosti, Komsomolskaya pravda/
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