ICBL: Deadly legacy of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict continues to claim lives

ICBL: Deadly legacy of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict continues to claim lives
# 05 June 2021 01:00 (UTC +04:00)

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) has commented on the deaths of civilians in landmines in Kalbajar on Twitter, APA reports.

"Terrible news of civilian mine casualties in Azerbaijan today, as deadly legacy of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict continues to claim lives," reads the tweet.

Today at about 11:00, a car with employees of TV channels and news agencies sent to the Kalbajar was blown up by an anti-tank mine in the direction of Kalbajar’s Susuzlug village. As a result, the operator of the Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting CJSC (AzTV) Siraj Abishov, an employee of the Azerbaijan Staten News Agency (AZERTAC) Maharram Ibrahimov, the deputy representative of the Mayor’s Office of the Kalbajar district in the administrative-territorial district of Susuzlug village Arif Aliyev, were killed. Four more people got injured and were hospitalized.

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