Azerbaijan initiated a case after a branch fell on a group of people

It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the authorities of the republic.

Earlier in Azerbaijan at least 19 people, including two Russians, suffered because of the fall of a 500-year-old tree branch located in the territory of the Palace of Sheki khans.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took the situation under control, employees of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Ministry of Environment, the Emergencies Ministry and the Ministry of Culture left for the scene.