Two injured in Azerbaijan’s Aghdara mine blast receive medical treatment UPDATED

Two men injured in an explosion that occurred today (August 3) at around 10:40 in the village of Chardagly in Azerbaijan's Aghdara district were admitted to the emergency department of the Tartar Central District Hospital.

A patient born in 1994 was diagnosed with a traumatic amputation of the right ankle joint, while another injured person born in 1998 sustained multiple shrapnel wounds to the anterior abdominal wall, Caliber.Az reports per state media.

The 1998-born patient was evacuated to the Barda Central District Hospital. Treatment of the other injured person is continuing in the emergency department, and his condition is assessed as moderately serious.

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A landmine explosion occurred on August 3 in the village of Chardagly in Azerbaijan's Aghdara district, liberated from occupation, leaving two humanitarian deminers injured.

The incident took place during a humanitarian demining operation when NGO employee Alzamin Surkhayli (born in 1994) triggered an anti-personnel mine, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA).

Surkhayli sustained injuries to his right leg. Another deminer, Fuzuli Mirzayev (born in 1998), was also injured in the blast.

Both men were evacuated to the district's central hospital, where they are reported to be in satisfactory condition.

By Jeyhun Aghazada