In Azerbaijan, the writer Rafig Tagi was wounded with a knife, who received threats for "insulting Islam"

Law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan are looking for those involved in the attack on the writer and publicist Rafig Tagi. Right on the street, a writer was inflicted on several severe stab wounds, reports APA . According to one version, religious fanatics and even Iranian agents could take revenge on the writer.

Three days have already passed since the attack on Refig Tagi, but there are no detainees in this case yet, the Caucasian Knot writes. The investigation was taken under the special control of the leadership of the Prosecutor General and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.

As stated in the official message of the Prosecutor General, on November 19, at about 22:00, Rafig Tagi was taken to a clinical medical center with stabs-cut damage.

On this fact, the Hatainsky district police department Baku opened a criminal case under Article 126.1 (intentional infliction of serious harm to health) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.

"In the case, an operational-investigation group was created from among experienced police and prosecutor's office," the press release says. To continue the investigation, the criminal case was transferred to the General Prosecutor's Office.

It was established that the attack on the writer occurred near his house. Probably, the attacker arranged an ambush there and specially waited for the writer.

According to the victim, he got off the bus and had to cross the railway on the way to the house. When approaching the rails, Tagi heard that someone was running to him. “When there were 15-20 meters to the rails, the unknown stabbed a knife on the right shoulder. Then he took out a knife and hit his left shoulder. So he struck several blows,” the wounded explained.

According to the surviving publicist, his shoulder bone and rib are broken. And one wound turned out to be penetrating and broke through the diaphragm. “Doctors removed my spleen,” the victim added.

The criminal inflicted seven stabs, and then disappeared. According to the writer, most likely the attacker followed him for several days, choosing a suitable time for the attack.

The wounded publicist was able to get home on his own, but by the time of hospitalization he lost a lot of blood.

Speaking about the possible motives of the crime, Tagi said that he had no personal enmity with anyone, although he had plenty of enemies in the religious environment. "I suppose that I could hit me for my publications. For at one time Iranian Ayatolles gave fatwa to my death. In my publications, I touched on the theme of religion," Tagi said.

When asked what article could be the reason for the attempt, Tagi suggested that it could be the publication of Iran and the inevitability of globalization two weeks ago on several local sites, in which the mullah regime in the Islamic Republic was criticized. The author of the article criticizes the authorities for "discrediting Islam." Tagi also stated that "humanity has long rejected the theocratic state" and that "the laws of Sharia cause dissonance with the civilized world."

“Maybe this article, because offensive comments were written on it on the Internet,” the writer survived after the attack. “In all likelihood, it was organized. Radical Islamists or Iranian agents can stand behind this.”

Tagi rejects the version of a robbery attempt and believes that they tried to kill him.

The society condemn the attack on the "seditious" publicist

The chairman of the press of the press of Azerbaijan Aflatun Amashev turned to the Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov with a request to ensure increased attention to the case of an attack on the writer, in which many see a religious and political connotation.

Meanwhile, representatives of the public of Azerbaijan regard the attack on Tagi as an encroachment on freedom of speech. This, for example, was announced at the Institute of Media Rights (IPM).

A friend of the victim, an expert in the field of media law, director of the Ganun publishing house (Law) Shahbaz Khuduoglu is convinced that the attack on Tagi "was a planned action to liquidate the writer." According to Khuduoglu, Tagi survived due to a happy chance. “He was saved by a book in the folder, which he covered his heart,” he said.

In his opinion, "there cannot be an attack on the writer, whose works cause resonance and are distinguished by non -standard approaches." "We are expecting law enforcement agencies for the disclosure of this monstrous crime. Unfortunately, there are still investigations of crimes against people who were attacked, pressure, persecution were unsuccessful," said Khuduoglu.

The writer Akram Ailisli urged "not to draw hasty conclusions." However, he also believes that "a crime against the writer should not remain unpunished."

We add that in November 2006, Rafig Tagi was arrested along with the editor -in -chief of the Senet newspaper (“Art”) Samir Sadagatoglu after the publishing of the articles “We and Europe” there, which caused Muslim discontent. Muslims held protests in Baku, stating that the Tagi article affirms the superiority of Christian values ​​over the Islamic. In Iran, the mullah sentenced Tags a death sentence according to Sharia standards. In May 2007, Sadagatoglu and Tagi were sentenced, respectively, by four and three years in prison on charges of inciting inter -religious hatred. Tagi considered this a violation of his constitutional rights and stated that he considers himself a prisoner of conscience.

A number of international human rights organizations condemned this sentence and called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to free Tagi and Sadagatoglu. In December of that year, both convicts were released by the presidential decree on pardon.