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| A little more about the Cyprus murder plot |
| 2021-11-10 |
Follow up to this report from two days ago. Only new information. [AnNahar] Cypriot police have formally charged an Azeri man ...Orkhan Asadov, who claims to merely be the expensive muscle for an anonymous Muslim loan shark named Mohammed with a preference for Israeli borrowers, despite the Glock handgun and silencer in his car, the Russian passport, and the Hezbollah photos on his phone. His henchmen were four Pakistani food delivery drivers, one of whom is linked to an Iran-backed Shiite Pakistani paramilitary in Syria, and a Cypriot of Lebanese descent ... on suspicion that he planned to carry out the contract killings of Israelis living in Cyprus, a law enforcement official said on Tuesday.The official said that the 38-year-old suspect will go on trial next month on eight charges including conspiracy to commit murder, belonging to a criminal enterprise and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. The suspect also faces a terrorism-related charge. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details about the case, said the Azeri's arrest last month during which a pistol was found in his possession came in the 'nick of time' as police believe he was about to carry out the killings. Police had acted on a tip-off about the suspect's activities from a "foreign agency," the official said. At least two pistols seized by police have been linked to the Azeri man. One of the weapons was handed over to police by the Lebanese suspect. The Azeri man had been living on both sides of Cyprus' ethnic divide and would often shuttle between the breakaway Authorities have kept court proceedings under wraps, barring journalists from attending and releasing no information about the case. The trials of all six suspects will be held behind closed doors. |
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