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Azerbaijan kills 'suicide bomber'

Published December 4, 2016 Updated December 4, 2016 12:00am

Azerbaijan's security services on Saturday killed a suspected al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist who planned to carry out a suicide bombing in the capital Baku's biggest shopping mall, authorities said. The man "was killed outside Baku's Bima shopping mall when he attempted to detonate an explosive belt as officers tried to arrest him," the National Security Agency said in a statement.