Aytan Mammadova

Azerbaijani journalist ‘threatened at knifepoint’ over child murder investigation

An Azerbaijani journalist has said she was threatened at knifepoint to stop her from investigating the abduction and murder of a 10-year-old girl. According to Aytan Mammadova, she was attacked by an unknown assailant on the night of 8 May in the elevator of her home in Baku. ‘He grabbed my neck and held a knife to my throat. He said, “you will not write about the case” ’, Mammadova told reporters. ‘He threatened my daughter, but did not specify what he was threatening me about’. Immediate