Maharram Ibrahimov

Affiliated media: Azerbaijan State News Agency, Journalist

Incident date: June 4, 2021

Attack type:

Fatal accident

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Azerbaijan, Kalbajar district

Additional information:

Two journalists were on duty, travelling in a vehicle when an anti-tank mine exploded. The explosion killed the correspondent of Azerbaijan State News Agency Maharram Ibrahimov and the operator of AzTV channel Siraj Abishov. The AzTV director Emil Mammadov was also injured.

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