The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Old ordnance | War remnants explosion kills child and injures his brother in Hama

Hama province: SOHR activists have documented the death of an eight years-old child and the injury of his brother, due to the explosion of an object of war remnants in Al-Sanida town in south western Hama countryside, where the injured child was transported to clinics to receive proper medication.

Accordingly, SOHR has documented the death of 149 civilians, including ten women and 69 children, due to explosions of old landmines, unexploded shells and bombs across Syria since early 2022. In addition, 229 civilians, including 13 women and 124 children, sustained various injuries in the same period. Among the total death toll, a man and his son were killed in the collapse of a war-damaged building in Darya city in Rif Dimashq, as well as the death of four civilians in the collapse of another building in Jubar neighbourhood.