Detention of Belarusian citizen accused of graffiti on Nizami Cinema Center extended in Azerbaijan's Baku

Detention of Belarusian citizen accused of graffiti on Nizami Cinema Center extended in Azerbaijan's Baku

The detention period of Belarusian citizen Ardeshir Seyfpour Saad Abadi, who drew graffiti on the walls of the Nizami Cinema Center, has been extended, APA reports.

According to the information, a motion regarding the matter was submitted to the Nasimi District Court. The court granted the investigative authority's motion, extending the pre-trial detention measure imposed on Ardeshir Seyfpour Saad Abadi by 20 days.

It should be noted that on the night of April 1–2, the building of the Nizami Cinema Center, an architectural monument of national significance (inventory number 123) located at 20 Bulbul Avenue in Baku, was vandalized by an unknown person or persons. They scribbled on the building's facade with paint and wrote various words and expressions.

The individuals who committed the act were identified as Munavvar Taleh gizi Barkhudayeva, born in Baku in 2009 and an 11th-grade student at Landau School; Layla Samir gizi Muradi, born in Baku in 2010 and a 10th-grade student at Landau School; Shafiqa Farid gizi Garashli, born in Baku in 2010 and a 9th-grade student at School No. 10; and Ardeshir Seyfpour Saad Abadi, a Belarusian citizen born in Iran in 2006, residing in Azerbaijan since September 1, 2024, and a second-year student at ADA University.

Source: en.apa.az