Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting

Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting
Wall of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy after the shooting
LocationAzerbaijan State Oil Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan
Coordinates40°22′43″N 49°50′55″E / 40.3785°N 49.8485°E / 40.3785; 49.8485
Date30 April 2009
9:30 a.m. AZT
TargetAzerbaijan State Oil Academy
Attack type
School shooting, mass shooting, murder-suicide
WeaponsMakarov PM
Deaths13 (including the perpetrator)
Injured13
PerpetratorFarda Gadirov

The Azerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Dövlət Neft Akademiyasında terror hadisəsi) occurred on 30 April 2009, at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (ASOA), a public university in Baku, Azerbaijan. Twelve people were killed (students and staff members including the Deputy Principal of the institution) 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.[1]

Two buses of special forces had arrived at the scene.[2] According to Ehsan Zahidov, a spokesman for Interior Ministry, the special troops conducted an operation while people reportedly having been held hostage were released.[3] Three cartridge belts with capacity of forty and seventy one bullets along with two magazines were taken from Gadirov's body.[4]

  1. ^ "Azerbaijan gunman kills 12 at university". CNN.com. April 30, 2009. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
  2. ^ ""Loner" shoots 13 dead at Azerbaijan college". Reuters. April 30, 2009. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
  3. ^ "Over 10 killed in Azerbaijani school shooting". Xinhua. April 30, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2009.
  4. ^ "Iraqi embassy in Azerbaijan offers condolence on tragic event in higher school". Trend News Agency. May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2009.