Azad Azabycan
Aug 14 2004
AZERI POLICE ARREST JAPANESE STUDENT SUSPECTED OF SPYING FOR ARMENIA
BAKU, 14.08.04. An act of sabotage by Armenia was foiled in Baku
today. Employees of [Baku`s] Sabayil district police department
detained Japanese citizen (?Ogawa Siniawa), 28, when he was taking
photos of the Azarbaycan Hotel and other facilities.
The preliminary investigation showed that the Japanese resident, who
is a first-year student of Yerevan State University`s social studies
department, arrived in Tbilisi from Yerevan on 1 August and went to
Saki [northern Azerbaijan] two days later. He stayed in Saki for
three days, arrived in Baku on 6 August and stayed at a hotel in
Baku. He came to Azerbaijan as a tourist. The investigation is
continuing.
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