Two children were killed and another one was injured on Tuesday evening (February 14), when an anti-tank mine, planted by the Houthi militia, exploded in Al-Raba’ Al-Hadrami area, east of Hays district, Al-Hodeidah governorate.
In a statement, the leader of Project Masam’s Team 25, engineer Ayman Jawas, confirmed that the two children Mufeed Muhammad Zarah and Yaqoub Nazhan, were killed in the explosion of an anti-tank mine that had been converted into a victim-activated anti-personnel mine by the addition of a pressure plate.
In the meantime, another child, Abdul-Malik Hassani, was wounded while the children were walking on a side road to play football, near their residential area in Hays.
Jawas added that, after Team 25 received a report of the explosion, the deminers immediately dispatched to the site of the accident. The children were tended to by medics, but sadly two died in situ. Little Abdul-Malik is currently being treated for this injuries.
Immediately after pulling out the victims and conducting a survey of the incident site, the leader of Team 25 confirmed his team discovered and removed 30 anti-tank mines and an exploding mortar shell.
Jawam added that work is still underway to fully secure the surrounding area of the explosion site.
