BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 20. An Azerbaijani serviceman has been blown up by a mine, Trend reports via the Defense Ministry.
"Around 12:00 (GMT +4), Ziyad Salmanov, while performing official combat tasks on the conditional Azerbaijan-Armenia border in the direction of the Sadarak district of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, stepped on an anti-personnel mine and was injured.
After receiving first aid, the wounded serviceman was immediately evacuated to a military medical facility.
His life is out of danger.
An investigation is underway regarding the incident," the ministry added.
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