Mine Explosion Injures a Villager in Fuzuli

Baku Today 29/06/2004 15:09

A resident of Alkhanli village of the southwestern Fuzulu District was
seriously injured when his combine hit an anti-tank mine on Saturday,
Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) said on Monday.

According to ANAMA, the villager, Qudrat Quliyev, 60, was seriously burned
by the mine explosion and taken to hospital.

Alkhanli is one of several villages of the Fuzuli District that are being
controlled by Azerbaijani troops. Armenian forces have been occupying most
of the villages of Fuzuli, including its district center, since 1993.