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SOCAR SPEARHEADS ANOTHER DEMOLITION PROJECT IN SULUTEPE, BAKU
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BAKU. April 3, 2012: Today, the demolition project of the local
authorities resulted in another major standoff between a group of
employees of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and the
residents of the village Yukhary Sulutepe in Binagadi district
of Baku. A group of SOCAR employees began using heavy machinery
to demolish the houses located in Sulutepe. Local residents began
throwing rocks at the representatives of SOCAR. The demolition work
never stopped. Then, the settlers armed with fixtures and other objects
attacked the employees of SOCAR, who fled, unable to withstand the
pressure. Police surrounded the area and stopped the traffic, but do
not interfere with what was happening.
As a result of the confrontation, five employees of SOCAR were beaten
and injured. Ten local residents were also injured. Five buses on
which SOCAR staff arrived were damaged. According to the recent
reports, the SOCAR security service managed partially or completely
to demolish 10 houses and other buildings.
SOCAR claims that it legally owns that land. At different times
hundreds of homes were built in the area. The people got permission
to do so from the local executive authorities, as well as from the
municipality. However, SOCAR dismisses the ownership documents on
those properties considering the buildings in that area to be illegally
built. At the same time, the residents say, "If the houses are illegal,
why did the executive authority allow us to build them?"
Last year, SOCAR demolished dozens of houses, but the residents
restored them later (Turan).
http://azerireport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3559&Ite mid=43
BAKU. April 3, 2012: Today, the demolition project of the local
authorities resulted in another major standoff between a group of
employees of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and the
residents of the village Yukhary Sulutepe in Binagadi district
of Baku. A group of SOCAR employees began using heavy machinery
to demolish the houses located in Sulutepe. Local residents began
throwing rocks at the representatives of SOCAR. The demolition work
never stopped. Then, the settlers armed with fixtures and other objects
attacked the employees of SOCAR, who fled, unable to withstand the
pressure. Police surrounded the area and stopped the traffic, but do
not interfere with what was happening.
As a result of the confrontation, five employees of SOCAR were beaten
and injured. Ten local residents were also injured. Five buses on
which SOCAR staff arrived were damaged. According to the recent
reports, the SOCAR security service managed partially or completely
to demolish 10 houses and other buildings.
SOCAR claims that it legally owns that land. At different times
hundreds of homes were built in the area. The people got permission
to do so from the local executive authorities, as well as from the
municipality. However, SOCAR dismisses the ownership documents on
those properties considering the buildings in that area to be illegally
built. At the same time, the residents say, "If the houses are illegal,
why did the executive authority allow us to build them?"
Last year, SOCAR demolished dozens of houses, but the residents
restored them later (Turan).