A mine incident occurred on October 8 in Daghmashanli village of Azerbaijan’s liberated Jabrayil district, according to a joint statement by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General’s Office, and the Mine Action Agency (ANAMA).

The statement said Orkhan Ashraf oglu Gahramanov, a 2000-born resident of Jabrayil district, stepped on an anti-personnel mine while grazing animals in an area that had not yet been cleared of mines, The Caspian Post reports.

Gahramanov sustained injuries of varying severity as a result of the incident.

The Jabrayil District Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the incident.

ANAMA, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Prosecutor General’s Office once again called on citizens to strictly observe safety rules, heed mine danger signs, avoid entering unfamiliar or potentially dangerous areas, and stay away from locations where fencing work is underway.