ANAMA
Azerbaijan neutralizes phosphorous projectile fired by Armenia at Tartar
Armenian armed forces continue to use phosphorous projectiles, prohibited by international conventions, against the civilian population of Azerbaijan.
Fortunately, the phosphorous projectile fired by Armenian troops at Sahlabad village in Azerbaijan’s Tartar district did not explode. Specialists of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAM) neutralized two of those projectiles on November 3.
The third projectile containing white phosphorous was neutralized today. ANAMA employee Madat Mammadov said that the 122-mm projectile was detected today.
“This projectile also contains white phosphorus. The projectile fell about 60-70 meters away from the settlement - in the yard and fortunately did not explode. When such projectiles explode in the air, phosphorus and other mixed substances spread over a wide area and destroy people's respiratory tracts and lungs. Using such projectiles against civilians is prohibited under international law,” the ANAMA employee said.
The phosphorous projectile was neutralized by an explosion.
There are numerous documents, including the 1868 St. Petersburg Declaration and the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols, prohibiting the use of phosphorous munitions against civilians and civilian facilities.
Armenia's use of such munitions aims to commit terror, sabotage, and massacre against the civilian population of Azerbaijan.
