President Ilham Aliyev instructs law enforcement agencies to carry out urgent measures in connection with terrorist attack on MP Fazil Mustafa

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has instructed law enforcement agencies to carry out urgent operational search measures in connection with the terrorist attack on MP Fazil Mustafa, according to Azerbaijan in Focus, reporting Trend News.

The head of Azerbaijan’s Great Order Party was injured in an attack by armed assailants late Tuesday, according to authorities.

A statement by the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office said Fazil Mustafa, who is also a deputy in the unicameral national assembly, was attacked by unknown assailants outside his house in the Sabunchi district of the nation’s capital of Baku.

A separate statement by the Azerbaijani Management Union of Medical Territorial Units (TABIB) said bullets hit Mustafa’s right shoulder and right leg.

It noted that Mustafa’s life was not in danger.

An investigation has been launched.