The Ukrainian police have initiated a criminal case into the attack on Rovshan Tagiyev, a businessman, chairman of the United Congress of Azerbaijanis of Ukraine, president of the Ukrainian Assembly of Nations. Asim Osmanov, a consul for public affairs at the Azerbaijani embassy in Ukraine, said that a joint group has been formed to investigate the attack, News Azerbaijan reports.
The Azerbaijani businessman was shot in a shoulder in the center of Kiev yesterday. His condition has normalized. The police found a pistol silencer and a burned-out car used by the assailant.