Susuzluq explosion | |
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Location | Susuzluq, Kalbajar District Azerbaijan |
Date | June 4, 2021 11:00 a.m. (UTC+04:00) |
Attack type | Anti-tank mine explosion |
Deaths | 3 |
Injured | 4 |
The Susuzluq explosion was a mine explosion in the vicinity of the village of Susuzluq in Azerbaijan's Kalbajar region, which occurred on 4 June 2021. The explosion killed 3 people, two of them journalists, and wounded another 4. This is the first case of journalist death on Azerbaijani territory after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[1]
The Azerbaijani side thereafter accused Armenia of not providing maps of mined areas to Azerbaijan. Ambassadors and embassies of various countries in Azerbaijan, as well as representatives from the Human Rights Watch, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, and the International Federation of Journalists expressed their concerns over the incident and offered their condolences.