Resident of Shahbuz injured in mine explosion
On Sunday, 11 August, a mine explosion occurred near "Ganlygel" lake in Shahbuz district of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on the border with Armenia.
As a result of the incident, 19-year-old resident of Sharur district Bakhtiyar Sultanov received injuries of varying severity and was hospitalised, the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan reported.
The condition of the young man is assessed as serious. The incident occurred in an unmined area.
On 2 August, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported that after the 44-day war in 2020, 376 Azerbaijani citizens suffered from mine explosions, including 69 dead.
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