10 ACCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH EXPLOSIONS OF MINES AND AMMUNITIONS TOOK PLACE IN NKR IN 2006
DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Feb 14 2007
10 accidents connected with the explosions of mines and ammunitions
took place in the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic in 2006.
According to the information Mediamax received at the NKR Government’s
Commission on Mines, 14 people suffered as a result of the incidents,
2 people died.
Last year the NKR Rescue Service specialized subdivision and the
British NGO HALO Trust Karabakh Office rendered harmless 5 166
antipersonnel and 1 847 anti-tank mines, while 14 635 ammunitions
that had not exploded were destroyed.
In 2006 the territory of the total area of over 86, 6 millions square
meters was cleared of mines and ammunitions in the regions of combat
operations, over 24, 3 millions square meters were reconnoitered.