Popular Azerbaijani singer gets knife-stabbed numerous times in Baku downtown - UPDATE - PHOTOS

One more individual has been detained as a suspect for knifing Azerbaijan's pop singer Faiq Agayev, Interior Ministry press officer Orkhan Marsurzade said.

Detained Seymur Mammadov is a nephew of Rufat Malikov, who was arrested earlier with the same charges.

If singer's condition keeps stabile, he will give evidence today, the press officer said.

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The man accused of knifing Azerbaijan's state-honored pop singer Faiq Agayev said the conflict between him and the singer and his bodyguards “arose on the road as one of the sides refused to give a way to another.”
 
"I personally had no opportunity to give way. But Faiq’s bodyguards began to insult me. Not paying attention to them, I drove to home. But their car caught me up around my house. Faiq instructed his bodyguards to beat me. My cousin brother and another girl were near me at that time. The bodyguards began to beat them, too. Then for a self-defense, I pulled out a knife and stabbed them,” the accused Rufat Malikov said.

The detainee does not consider himself guilty and has no regrets about his actions. Adalat Dadashov, Head of the Surgery Department at the Clinic Medical Center, where the pop singer has been hospitalized, said the condition of the pop singer and his bodyguards is relatively stable.

"They will be transferred to a normal ward in a few days," Dadashov said.

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Nasimi district police detained a suspect, 32 year old Rufat Melikov, who, reportedly was the one, who stabbed Faig Agayev and his bodyguards. According to Melikov himself, he said the incident happened on the road.

Reportedly, Melikov was previously charged with intentional murder.

According to ANS PRESS, the manager of "MM production" (organizer of Faig Agayev's concert, planned on 17-20 november) Emin Mansurov said that on the evening the singer was stabbed, he was taking part in a club opening in Nasimi district. The incident happened on 4:30 (local time).

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Reportedly, police identified person stabbing Azerbaijan's people's artist Faig Agayev. The singer is still in intensive care unit, but the crisis has passed, surgeon at Clinic Medical Center Mirjalil Ismayilov, who operated the singer, said.

“Faiq Agayev’s health has normalized. The health of his two guards is also satisfactory after operation,” the surgeon said. No one is allowed to visit the singer yet.

The law enforcement agencies have taken Agayev's car for investigation. Meanwhile, the police have identified the person who stabbed the people’s artist. The conflict arose between them while driving. The police have already checked the address where the alleged perpetrator resides. He has not been detained yet.

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The Prosecutor’s Office of Nasimi Dictrict of Baku has filed a criminal suit under the articles 126.2.1 (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm to two or more persons by a group of persons by prior conspiracy) and 126.2.4 (intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm to body with dangerous ways).

The incident occurred at 06:00 a.m. local time in 110 Topchubashov Str. The singer has undergone surgery. He is currently at the intensive care unit. He has not regained consciousness as he has not completely retired from anesthesia.

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Azerbaijan's people's artist Faiq Agayev has been stabbed in Kubinka area of Baku early morning today, the Clinic Medical Center said. The singer, his bodyguards Ramin Bayramov and Azer Musayev were stabbed by unknown men. The stabbed men have been hospitalized in the Clinic Medical Center.

The people’s artist has received four wounds on the shoulder, one on the hip and one in the abdomen. Agayev’s condition is heavy. The motive and committers of the incident have not been identified yet. The Baku Central Police Office has been informed of the fact.


/APA, ANS PRESS, Day.Az, Milli.Az/

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