BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 14. The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) found and defused an additional plethora of mines and unexploded ordnances in the country's liberated territories placed by Armenian forces, a source in ANAMA told Trend.
The source said that 141 anti-personnel and 64 anti-tank mines, as well as 625 unexploded ordnances were found and defused in Tartar, Aghdam, Aghdara, Lachin, Fuzuli, Shusha, Khojaly, Khankendi, Kalbajar, Khojavand, Jabrayil, Gubadli and Zangilan on October 7-10.
According to the source, to date, 1,198 hectares of land have been cleared of mines.
Following the liberation of its lands, Azerbaijan began operations in November 2020 to clean its lands of mines, booby traps, and other weaponry left behind by illegal Armenian forces.
From 2020 to the present, 379 persons have been killed by mines in Eastern Zangezur and Karabakh, with 70 dead and 309 injured. Meanwhile, 161,000 hectares have been cleared of mines in these regions, with 157,000 mines and unexploded ordnance neutralized.
Stay up-to-date with more news at Trend News Agency's WhatsApp channel