Two children injured in explosion of old landmine in east Hama countryside

SOHR activists have documented the injury of two children under the age of 18 after the explosion of old landmine near the regime-controlled village of Sheikh Helal in Salamiyah area in the eastern countryside of Hama.

On April 9, SOHR activists documented the killing of a young man, while another one sustained injuries due to the explosion of an old landmine in Al-Baghuz area in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of 263 people including 65 women and 75 children, by mines and IED explosions and the collapse of cracked residential buildings in several areas of the Syrian territory in Homs, Hama, Deir Ezzor, Aleppo and the Syrian South since early January 2019.

Among the total death toll, there are 45 persons, including 30 women and five children, were killed during their search and collection of the truffle which grows in the areas that is subjected to heavy rain, and it is sold at very high prices.