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Many unexploded ordinances revealed near TV tower in Baku (UPDATE-5) (PHOTO)

Other News Materials 13 November 2010 17:07 (UTC +04:00)
About 130 more unexploded ordinances were revealed at the area around the TV tower in Baku, Parviz Gidayev, operating employee of the Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), who continues working on the scene, told Trend.
Many unexploded ordinances revealed near TV tower in Baku (UPDATE-5) (PHOTO)

Editor's Note: information about ordinances was added

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 13 / Trend T.Hajiyev /

About 130 more unexploded ordinances were revealed at the area around the TV tower in Baku, Parviz Gidayev, operating employee of the Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), who continues working on the scene, told Trend.

Earlier, about 470 ordinances were revealed and removed from the area on Friday.

The area around the TV tower in Baku was cleared of 2,150 unexploded ordinances up to now. Today this number hits 2,280. About 130 unexploded ordinances will be neutralized.

Over 1,000 unexploded ordinances were revealed near the TV tower in Baku Nov.10.

At present, an operative group consisting of employees of the ANAMA and the Emergency Situations Ministry are working on the scene to clean the area. 

"The unexploded ordinances mainly include 125mm-armor-piercing tank shells. Rains spread the shells to 350-500 square meters as the area is down grade. The agency's 20 employees are working at the site," he said. 

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