The HALO Trust's deminers at work. Фото: REUTERS/Fredy Builes

29 March 2018, 10:54

HALO Trust sappers killed by explosion in Nagorno-Karabakh

Three people were killed and two others wounded, when the car of the HALO Trust international organization got on a mine and blew up in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), a source said.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the humanitarian HALO Trust organization was raising, together with the ONEArmenia, funds for demining a field near the village of Arar, Kashatag District of the NKR.

The HALO Trust's car got blown up today. "Three people were killed and two were wounded; their surnames and citizenship are being clarified," the "Interfax" quotes its source.

The HALO Trust is a British charitable and American non-profit organization dealing with neutralizing landmines and unexploded ordnances that may pose danger to the population. It is fundraising in the NKR within the campaign "Safe Steps for Karabakh People".

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

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