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Car Hits Mine in Martuni Region of NKR; One Death Reported
On November 3, at around 8 a.m., a car struck a land mine some 5 kilometers outside the NKR town of Martuni, killing one of the passengers and severely injuring the other,
The deceased was later identified as Martuni resident Vladimir Mousayelyan and the injured individual was identified as Ashan village resident Vilen Grigoryan. The two were driving back to Martuni after visiting a field they owned nearby.
Yuri Shahramanyan, who heads the Operative Unit of the Karabakh office of the British "Halo Trust" organization, which deals in de-mining projects in Artsakh, told "Hetq" that the area in question hadn’t been posted with warning signs since there was no information specifying that the district contained buried mines.
Mr. Shahramanyan stated, "It must be noted that the area in question is far from any residential community and thus there is no information regarding mine fields in the area."
The following day, "Halo Trust" sappers combed the area and defused another nine anti-tank mines. Mr. Shahramanyan stated that further investigation of the area would be carried out and that much needed mapping would also start.
According to "Halo Trust", some 4.9 square kilometres in Karabakh have been cleared of mines this year and that 35.2 square kilometres has be cleared of other military ordinance. As a result, some 730 mines have been defused, along with 759 unexploded bombs dropped from planes and 2,879 other types of ordinance.
So far this year, the organization has registered four accidents involving anti-tank mines, resulting in the death of 2 individuals.
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