BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 13. On July 13, around 20:00 (GMT+4), the police received information that Sahib Aliyev, who was engaged in beekeeping in the village of Chopurlu, Kalbajar district, had been injured by a landmine, Trend reports.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the incident took place in the territory of the village of Seyidlar. As a result of the incident, Sahib Aliyev sustained injuries.
An investigation is currently underway.
Azerbaijan is one of the countries with the highest level of mine pollution.
Most of the liberated lands were exposed to mines laid by Armenia during the occupation, as well as unexploded ordnance.
Immediately after the end of the second Karabakh war, Azerbaijan began to clear these territories of mines and unexploded ordnance. To date, a large amount of work has been done there. Despite this, there are still many mines and explosives in these areas.
From 1991 to the present, 3,383 people have been victims of mines in Azerbaijan.