Trial over 29 militants starts in Azerbaijan

40 people, including 29 militants, are at the Baku Court over a terrorist attack planned at the Baku Crystal Hall near the State Flag Square during the Eurovision Song Contest of 2012, ITAR-TASS reports.

The militants planned assassination of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the north-western part of the country. They were headed by Vugar Padarov.