Land mines kill 36, wound 48 in Azerbaijan since 2001

ANS TV, Baku
16 Sep 04

The Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action has reported that
20-year-old soldier Emil Nariman oglu Agayev has been wounded as a
land mine planted during the first Karabakh war went off in the area
of Hasanqaya. Emil Agayev was called up from the Haciqabul military
enlistment office. His left leg was amputated below his knee.

According to statistics from different sources, 36 people died and 48
received wounds of varying degrees of severity in 51 landmine blasts
since 2001.