3 HALO Trust staff killed in Nagorno-Karabakh mine blast
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Three workers of the HALO Trust de-mining organization have been killed and two injured in a mine explosion in Azerbaijan's separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region.
All the victims were local residents, the presidential administration of the unrecognized republic said.
Nagorno-Karabakh has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces since a 1994 cease-fire. Azerbaijan claims that Armenia's military also has troops in the region.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}HALO said the Thursday morning blast occurred when the workers were surveying an area to remove explosives and their vehicle ran over a mine.