Landmine victims in Azerbaijan are mainly civilians, Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant of the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan, head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, wrote on X, Report informs.
“Almost every single week, we witness yet another deadly and bloody landmine blast,” he wrote.
According to official data, from November 10, 2020 to November 3, 2023, 50 civilians were killed and 107 were injured as a result of mine incidents. Among the military, mines killed 15 people and injured 164.