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5052 UXOs detected and neutralized in Azerbaijan last month

5052 UXOs detected and neutralized in Azerbaijan last month
# 05 March 2008 13:12 (UTC +04:00)
Baku. Rashad Suleymanov-APA. 27 211 257 square meter territory was cleared of mines and unexploded ordnances (UXO) in Azerbaijan in February this year. Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) told APA that 5052 UXOs had been detected and neutralized. 339 sappers, 5 mine-clearing vehicles and 30 mine dogs were involved in the operations.
ANAMA has totally cleared 63 728 879 square meter territory. 298,770 mines and UXOs were detected and neutralized. The agency is carrying out mine-clearing operations in Terter, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Goranboy, Khojavend and Aghstafa regions. Two mine/UXO cases were recorded in February.
According to the reports received by ANAMA since September, 2001, 57 people died and 133 were injured in 97 cases in Azerbaijan.
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