Armenia-planted booby traps in Azerbaijan's Karabakh mostly targeted civilians: ANAMA

  04 December 2023    Read: 711
 Armenia-planted booby traps in Azerbaijan

Most of Armenia-planted explosive traps and devices, along with mines, found in the Azerbaijani territories liberated from the Armenian occupation, targeted civilians, Deputy Director of the Department of Education, International and Public Relations at ANAMA (Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency) Farhad Isayev said.

Isayev made the remarks during a round table discussion titled "Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Mine Victims in Azerbaijan," AzVision.az reports.

"In the territories of Azerbaijan liberated from the Armenian occupation, 147,988 hectares are highly contaminated, and 675,570 hectares - moderately contaminated with mines and unexploded ordnance," the official said.

"Among the explosive devices discovered were mines manufactured in Armenia in 2021. Armenian illegal armed groups transported them to Azerbaijani territory," the ANAMA spokesperson added.

 

AzVision.az


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