What the records say
- When
- 30 Apr 2009
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 13
- Coordinates
- 40.38° N, 49.85° E
- Description
- event
- Injured
- 13
Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting
Civilian attack in 2009
The Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting occurred on 30 April 2009, at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA), a public university in Baku, Azerbaijan. Twelve people were killed by an armed assailant and several others were wounded. A joint statement by the Azerbaijan Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General's Office identified the perpetrator as 28-year-old Farda Gadirov, a Georgian citizen of Azerbaijani descent.
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