Aytan Mammadova

Affiliated media: Radio Azadliq , Journalist

Incident date: May 8, 2022

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Location: Azerbaijan, Baku

Additional information:

A noted Azerbaijani journalist was attacked by an unknown man armed with a knife who threatened and intimidated her over her coverage of a high-profile murder trial. On May 9 she had filed a complaint with the Baku city police over the attack, which took place late the previous night in the elevator in her apartment building. "When the elevator doors shut, he grabbed my jaw with one hand and put a knife to my neck with the other hand. The knife went deep into the skin. He removed the knife, but then put it back to my neck again, leaving a cut mark," Mammadova said. According to Mammadova, the attacker said to her: "You have not gotten wiser," started cursing her daughter, and warned her "not to write about the case." The journalist's husband tried to catch up with the attacker but could not find him.