Number of mine victims in Azerbaijan since Patriotic War reaches 350

The number of mine victims since the Second Karabakh War has reached 350. 65 of them died, Vugar Suleymanov, the Chairman of the Management Board of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), said at a press conference regarding the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Report informs.

According to him, the dynamics of landmine incidents is decreasing: "More than 70% of landmine victims are civilians. Among them are people of all age categories."

Suleymanov added that the total number of landmine victims in Azerbaijan is 3,429, including 357 children and 38 women: "595 of those people lost their lives.