15 years of running finally catch up: Azeri wanted by Interpol arrested

Fizuli region born Zulfugar Safarov (born in 1967) killed Sumgayit city resident Idrak Asgarov in front of the Pipe-Rolling Plant in Sumgayit city, in 1995.

After that incident, Safarov escaped and has been hiding in Russia and several CIS countries. Though law-enforcement bodies had information on this murder, it was impossible to catch the criminal, because Safarov often changed his locations. A year after the crime, he was declared internationally wanted via Interpol.

Finally, 15 years later, the police received information on Safarov’s arrival in Azerbaijan, he was in the north-western region of the country. Safarov has been arrested as a result of operations carried out by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry, Sumgayit City Police Office and Gakh Region Police Department officers.


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