According to Azerbaijan officials (June 4, 2021), four others were injured in this incident, which saw an anti-tank mine blow up a truck. The three victims were identified as local official Arif Aliyev, Maharram Ibrahimov, a reporter working for state news agency AzerTag, and Siraj Abishov, a journalist with the state-run AzTV station.

Axar.az reports this was stated by a political analyst on CIS and Caucasus, Dr. Mehmood Ul Hassan KHAN in his article "South Caucasus’s Land-Mining Geopolitics" on Ankasam portal.

The blast came amid a border dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which fought a six-week war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region last year. Jeyhun Bayramov, Azerbaijan’s foreign minister termed it tragic and called on Armenia to hand over maps locating mined areas.

The Azerbaijani government has repeatedly accused Armenia of refusing to submit such maps. Bayramov Azerbaijan’s foreign minister said denial and refusal of Armenian not sharing the maps of locating landmines have endangered the lives of everyone. Even the journalist community of Azerbaijan urged that the reporters should have had access to maps of mined areas and blamed the international community and organizations for not force Armenia to provide maps of mined areas. They labeled it as a severe violation of international law which showed the Armenian state’s annex with terrorism and sabotage activities.

Principally, Armenia should provide minefield maps to Azerbaijan and to peacekeepers as an indication of its intention for peace. Such action will accelerate demining operations and enhance mutual trust between the parties but it may be hope against hope. Azerbaijan government may form a Trilateral De-mining Forum (TDF) comprising of Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Pakistan to clear the landmines in the KR.