A protest took place on January 12, 2013 in Baku,

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after Azerbaijani Army soldier Ceyhun Qubadov was found dead on January 7, 2013. It was first reported that the cause of death was heart attack. Qubadov's family asked for an investigation as they believed it was a murder. On January 10, 2013, a

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event was created. A day later about 13,600 joined it, the next day the number of users joined was 20,000. Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Fountains Square on January 12 with demands of resignation of

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, the Azerbaijani Defense Minister. They held slogans such as "Stop killing our soldiers" and "You must answer to us."

Aftermath

Immediately after the investigation the Azerbaijani Defense Minister

was fired by the order of the

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Ilham Aliyev. Colonel General

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took his place.

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