Old ordnance | Woman dies of injuries sustained in explosion in al-Bukamal countryside

Deir ez-Zor governorate – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the death of a woman, as a result of her injuries sustained in the explosion of an old landmine left over from the war yesterday, in al-Jala area in Al-Bukamal countryside.

Yesterday, SOHR sources said that an old landmine exploded in Al-Jalaa district in Al-Bokamal countryside in eastern Deir Ezzor, injuring a man from the area and his son.

An increasing number of people killed recently by a landmine, unexploded bombs, and collapse of war-damaged residential buildings in various Syrian areas and cities such as Homs, Hama Deir Ezzor, Aleppo, and southern Syria.

The Syrian Observatory has documented since January 2019 to date some 479 fatalities, including 73 women and 151 children. Of the total number, the Syrian Observatory documented the deaths of 112 people, including 45 women and six children, in their search and collect for “Syrian wild truffles”, which put their lives at risk, “Syrian wild truffles” grow in areas that are exposed to heavy rains and are sold at high prices.