Two civilians, including a child, were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) swept away by floods exploded in their area in Bayhan district in Shabwah governorate, southeastern Yemen.
Local sources said that the victims of this IED are Ahmed Ali Al-Awadi, 14 years old, and Laith Nasser Al-Awadi, 18 years old, who sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of the explosion of the explosive device swept away by floods to the area of Wadi Bayhan.
A migrating landmine is a mine moved by nature from the original position it was laid in to another, without any human intervention – by water mostly, and by wind and sand.
Fighting IED and landmines swept away by Floods
Today, Project Masam’s demining team 9 began in the district of Bayhan clearing the flood watercourses, where it removed an anti-tank landmine. The team is continuing its task to secure the area.
Project Masam has warned civilians across Yemen, including the districts of Bayhan in Shabwah, Harib in Marib province, and Numan in Al-Bayda region, of the danger of mines and ordnances that may be washed away by floods from contaminated areas to populated and agricultural areas in these districts.
Project Masam called on farmers and shepherds in valleys, farms, and deserts, especially in seam areas, which are heavily planted with mines, to beware of all foreign objects that may have been washed up by torrential rains.
The landmine clearance project appealed to civilians to immediately report any foreign object suspected of being a mine or explosive device to the competent authorities and not to approach valleys and mountains that may be contaminated with mines.
