Man injured following mine explosion in Azerbaijan's Tovuz UPDATED

The details of a 75-year-old man's landmine explosion in Tovuz have been revealed.

A representative of the village executive authority told APA that Abdulla Alasgarov (born in 1948), a resident of the village, was blown up by a mine while grazing his cattle.

Alasgarov's house is located near the conventional border with Armenia and there is a mine danger in the area.

At present his treatment is continuing at the central hospital of Gazakh district.

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On May 27 morning, at about 08:00, an incident occurred in the village of Alibeyli in Azerbaijan's Tovuz district.

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told Caliber.Az that a local resident Abdulla Alasgarov (1948) was injured as a result of a mine blast.

Police officers took him to the hospital, his left leg is severely wounded.