Mine blast in Azerbaijan's Tartar injures employee of construction company

Mine exposition in Azerbaijan's Tartar District injures an employee of a construction company.

The Barda regional group of the Interior Ministry's press service told Caliber.Az that the injured is Askerov Mansim Hasan oglu, born in 1986, resident of Neftchala district and employee of one of the construction organisations operating in Tartar’s Chaily village.

Notably, he was injured in his left hand as a result of a mine explosion on the site during work on the canal's construction. The wounded man was hospitalised.

In violation of the 1949 Geneva Convention, during the years of occupation and at the moment of withdrawal from Azerbaijani lands in late 2020 and even after the second Karabakh war, Armenia deliberately and constantly planted mines on Azerbaijani territories, thereby being a significant threat to regional peace, security, and cooperation.

Civilians and military personnel are frequently maimed or killed due to mine explosions in Azerbaijan's liberated regions.

Armenia deliberately and constantly planted mines on Azerbaijani territories, in violation of the 1949 Geneva Convention, which is a major threat to regional peace, security, and cooperation.