A criminal case has been launched into the incident in Ismayilli, and the head of hotel Chirag has been detained.
According to the police department of Ismayilli region of Azerbaijan, the case is initiated in a number of articles of the Criminal Code.
The department also released some details of the riots.
"The cause of the riots was the incident that occurred on 23 January evening involving the head of hotel Chirag , Baku resident Emil Shamsaddinov, who was driving car Chevrolet Camaro (state registration number 90-NR-485) in a drunken state and committed a traffic accident on Nizami street.
After the accident Shamsaddinov and his friend, Baku resident Elmaddin Mammadov, leaving the car, hit several times the driver of nearby car VAZ-2107 (state registration number 31-BD-817) Ramil Alimurad oglu Bakirov (born in 1985 ), as a result of which he received various injuries and was hospitalized. VAZ - 2107 was also damaged.
Local residents - 200-250 people gathered at the scene. Shamsaddinov offended them with swear words, after which he cursed all residents of Ismayilli as a whole. This led to a protest, and people already numbering 3,500 broke the fence and set fire to hotel Chirag, as well as to cars Chevrolet Camaro (state registration number 90-NR-485), Hammer (registration number 10-ZZ-485) and Chevrolet Niva (registration number 31-AA-088) which were standing in the courtyard of the hotel. The two-story hotel burned to the ground.
After that the angry residents attacked the house of the son of the region's executive head Nizami Alakbarov, Elkhan Alakbarov (according to available information, Hotel Chirag belongs to the executive head of Ismayilli region). They caused damage to buildings and burned two standing in the yard ATV and car Toyota Land Cruiser (state registration number 10-NX-700).
The riots injured three protesters and one policeman. Injured protesters are locals Emin Bakhtiyar oglu Nasirov (born in 1983), Rauf Bakhtiyar oglu Karimov (born in 1986), Imran Vahid oglu Latifov (born in 1989).
The injured police officer is Shafa Adalat oglu Askarov (born in 1980). All the victims were taken to the hospital. Their injuries are assessed as mild.
Shamsaddinov and Mammadov have been detained. None of the locals are currently detained.
The incident is under investigation," said the police department.
Extra police and Interior Ministry troops were involved at the scene. However, the action was stopped by peaceful means, without the use of special equipment. After talks at night, at about 02:30, all the protests of local residents went home.
Currently, public peace and order in Ismayilli is fully restored.
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