21.01.2011, 18:29 3532

Azerbaijan Islamic Party head accused of coup attempt

The leader of Islamic Party of Azerbaijan Movsum Samadov has been accused of coup attempt, the agency reports.

Almaty. January 21. Kazakhstan Today - The leader of Islamic Party of Azerbaijan Movsum Samadov has been accused of coup attempt, the agency reports.

According to Lenta.ru, Movsum Samedov have been accused of coup attempt. The court sentenced M. Samedov to a three-month arrest.

Head of Islamic Party of Azerbaijan Movsum Samadov was arrested on January 7 after a video of a speech he had made denouncing President Ilham Aliyev was posted on the video-sharing website YouTube. The deputy head of the party, Vagif Abdullayev, party activist Elchin Hasanov, and Samadov's driver, Mir-Husseyn Kazimov, were also detained, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

Hurriyet Daily News also informed the Interior Ministry said Samadov was actively planning to put his espoused beliefs into action while police have said they found "three combat grenades" in a shop owned by the IPA leader's father, and "seven gun cartridges" in a cousin's apartment. Samadov has been charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism and planning "public disorder."

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