Police made the arrests yesterday during a raid to free a bank president's wife who had been held hostage.
Prosecutors and senior officials said today the suspects arrested include Haji Mammedov, a senior officer in the Interior Ministry's criminal investigations department.
They said the group is behind a number of other kidnappings. They also said it was involved in several killings, including that of Fatulla Huseynov, an opposition party leader and vice president of Azerbaijan's Association of Soccer Federations.
(AP/AFP)
Prosecutors and senior officials said today the suspects arrested include Haji Mammedov, a senior officer in the Interior Ministry's criminal investigations department.
They said the group is behind a number of other kidnappings. They also said it was involved in several killings, including that of Fatulla Huseynov, an opposition party leader and vice president of Azerbaijan's Association of Soccer Federations.
(AP/AFP)