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The release of the traffic police inspector who shot the 19-year-old Azerbaijani Vekil Abdullayev while being detained near Novosibirsk did not like the Azerbaijani public, News.ru reported, citing RBC reports.
A letter from 50 politicians, human rights activists and journalists of the country was sent to the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We see that [the investigation has] a biased attitude. The police officer did not need to use weapons – Vekil had no weapons, maybe he resisted, but not enough to pose a danger to the policeman,” the head of the research foundation “Constitution” Alimamed Nuriyev signed an open letter to the publication.
The authors of the letter also believe that road police officer Alexander Gusev could not have been released, because in Azerbaijan this is regarded as “concealing and approving a crime and as an encouragement for those who suffer from xenophobia,” politicians and human rights activists noted.
They called the actions of the Russian inspector inciting ethnic hatred. And if he killed a 19-year-old young man by negligence, then “in any case, he exceeded his authority.” According to human rights activists from Azerbaijan, a police officer must be able to cope with difficult situations without using weapons. In addition, he should not have drawn a weapon at all, because there was no armed raid or robbery.