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One more Azerbaijani civilian died after hitting mine on border with Armenia

15 April 2013 15:27 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva – APA. One more Azerbaijani civilian hit a landmine, Gazakh Region Police Office told APA. It happened in Khanliglar village on Armenia-Azerbaijan border today.

Resident of Khanliglar village, 23-year-old Adil Habil Valiyev hit a landmine in the forest in the neutral zone. But residents of the village could not take his body from the area, because Armenians started firing.

Media contact person for the ICRC Delegation to Azerbaijan Ilaha Huseynova told APA that ICRC has already been informed about the incident. At present, ICRC representatives are at the site: “In connection with this situation ICRC is cooperating with Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense and State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons. According to the procedure, in these cases, ICRC appeals to its office in the opposite country and they conduct negotiations with government agencies so that ceasefire is declared and the body is taken from the area.”

The State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons told APA that the body has already been taken from the area.

Gazakh resident Sabir Karimov died after hitting a mine on border with Armenia on April 2. His body was taken from the area and buried after a few days.