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Milli Majlis appeals to international organizations over martyred journalists
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Milli Majlis appeals to international organizations over martyred journalists

Jun 8, 2021

"Milli Majlis appealed to international organizations regarding the journalists killed in a mine explosion in Kalbajar on June 4," said Milli Majlis Speaker Sahiba Gafarova at today's parliamentary session, e-huquq.az quotes.

On June 4, a van carrying journalists dispatched to the liberated Kalbajar region of Azerbaijan to perform their professional duties was blown up by an anti-tank mine on the way to the Susuzlug village. Three people, including Siraj Abishov, a camera operator at AzTV, Maharram Ibrahimov, a journalist of AzerTaj news agency, and Arif Aliyev, a deputy representative of the head of the Executive Power in the Susuzlug village, died, and four others were hospitalized with various injuries.