BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 4. The impact of mines is devastating, people die or remain disabled for life, Chairman of the Board of Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency (ANAMA) Vugar Suleymanov said, Trend reports.
He spoke at a public hearing in Azerbaijan's Milli Majlis (Parliament) on "Combating the mine threat - the impact of explosives on ecosystem".
He noted that 336 people (65 killed, 271 injured of different severity) became victims of explosives since the end of the second Karabakh war until today.
Last month 1,695 mines were detected in Azerbaijani territories liberated from Armenian occupation. Some 928 anti-tank mines, 767 anti-personnel mines and 8,537 unexploded ammunition were detected and neutralized (6,687.4 hectares of land were demined) from October 1 through October 31.