Thirty-two years have passed since the terrorist attack at the 20 January metro station in Baku on March 19, 1994.
According to SİA, an improvised explosive device with a timer detonated in the lead car of a train as it was stopping at the station.
Fourteen people were killed and 49 others were injured. Among the victims was jazz musician, composer and People"s Artist of Azerbaijan Rafig Babayev.
The investigation found that the attack was organized by Armenian special services and carried out by members of the separatist Lezgin organization "Sadval."
Eleven members of the Lezgin nationalist movement "Sadval" were arrested on suspicion of involvement. Two were sentenced to death, while nine received prison terms. The perpetrator of the attack, Ogtay Gurbanov, died in the explosion.
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