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Explosion at Azerbaijan’s arms plant: 2 died

27 July 2016 [11:45] - TODAY.AZ

Two people died as a result of the explosion at the Araz arms plant in Azerbaijan’s Shirvan city, said Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense Industry which is the plant’s owner.

Earlier ministry reported that eleven people were slightly injured as a result of the incident.

An explosion occurred at Araz arms plant at 15:25 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours), July 26, said the ministry.

The explosion was caused by spark in 146 tons out of 1,500 tons of products ordered by the Ministry of Defense for recycling.

 /By Trend/

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