(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 19. In the forest in the
village of Azerbaijan's Tugh, employees of Azerbaijani Khojavend
district police department found explosive devices belonging to the
Armenian military, Barda regional group of the press service of the
Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) told trend .
Police officers found 52 shells of various types and 14,000
rounds of ammunition for machine guns in the forest in the village
of Tugh and handed them over to the Azerbaijani Mine Clearance
Agency. They have remained there since the recent war [the second
Karabakh war].
Following the liberation of its lands, Azerbaijan from November
2020 started carrying out operations on clearing its lands from
mines, booby traps, and various weapons left behind by the Armenian
troops.
According to the ANAMA, 88 anti-personnel landmines, 75
anti-tank mines, and 123 unexploded ordnances were found and
defused in Tartar, Kalbajar, Aghdam, Khojaly, Khojavand, Fuzuli,
Shusha, Gubadli, Lachin, Jabrayil, and Zangilan, as part of the
de-mining process from May 1 through May 6, 2023.
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