BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 2. Four men who got caught in a mine incident are now in the emergency department of the Central Hospital of Azerbaijan's Gazakh district, nursing their wounds, a source in the Administration of the Regional Medical Divisions (TABIB) told Trend.
'The persons born in 1995 and 1998, who sustained leg injuries from the mine explosion, were placed in the intensive care unit of the medical facility after receiving the necessary medical assistance. The condition of both injured individuals is assessed as moderate.
The other two persons, born in 1989 and 2002, who were diagnosed with multiple shrapnel wounds in various parts of the body, received first aid in the emergency department and were discharged from the hospital as their condition is assessed as stable," the source explained.
Landmines laid during Armenian occupation exploded today in Gizilhajili village, which was returned to Azerbaijan by Armenia on the basis of an agreement on the delimitation of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border reached on April 19, 2024.
"As a result of the incident, warrant officer from the Border Service Khayal Ahadli, and ANAMA employee Afig Mehdizade sustained leg injuries from an anti-personnel mine explosion while performing demining duties. The agency employees - Elchin Alakbarov and Yavar Mirzayev received shrapnel injuries. The injured were immediately hospitalized, and their lives are out of danger," the joint statement of the country's Prosecutor General's Office, State Border Service and Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) said.
The statement highlighted that the Shamkir Military Prosecutor's Office and the Gazakh District Prosecutor's Office, along with the assistance of a forensic prosecutor, are currently conducting an examination of the scene and performing other essential procedural actions.
An investigation into the incident is underway by the prosecutorial authorities," the joint statement added.
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