Two more maimed by UXO in North Darfur
Two North Darfur youngsters were critically injured on Monday after a grenade they found at the roadside detonated. Idris Nil Salaheldin (20) had his hand blown off, and suffered severe injuries to his neck, while Kamal Mokhtar (21) was seriously wounded throughout his body and his hand was cut off. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga the incident occurred east of Um Rai in Kutum locality. When Salaheldin picked it up, it exploded. The injured are being cared for by local people because there are no hospitals or medical facilities in the immediate area. This is the second incident involving unexploded ordnance (UXO) in just over a week, and the fourth in Darfur in a month. The nine-year-old Khaled Eisa Mohamed died last week of severe head wounds he received on 13 April when a suspected aircraft bomb he and two friends found at a roadside at Anka, just a few kilometres west of Monday’s incident, exploded. The sisters Amina Abdallah Salem (12), and Hawa Abdallah Salem (10) are still clinging to life, but cannot be transported to hospital as the roads in the area are blocked by militia action. A week earlier, three children died, along with the cattle they were herding, in East Jebel Marra. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that a powerful bomb, suspected to be a remnant of almost daily aerial bombardments of the area, “tore the children and cattle to shreds”. On 28 March, also in East Jebel Marra, 12 camels died and ten other animals were wounded when several 500 mm-long ‘missiles’ exploded. Years of conflict have left Darfur littered with potentially deadly explosives and munitions (UXO). Radio Dabanga appeals to listeners throughout Darfur (and elsewhere in our reception area) not to touch any ‘unexploded’ grenades or other ammunition found in the field. Mark its position clearly to alert others, and report it immediately to a camp sheikh, Unamid and/or the local police. File photo: An unexploded mortar bomb like this could still be deadly. (Albert González Farran / Unamid) Related: One of three Darfur child bomb victims dies, two cling to life (20 April 2014)Three Darfur children maimed after playing with bomb (16 April 2014)One killed, two brothers maimed by grenade in East Darfur (29 August 2013)Nine Darfuri children injured by bomb (28 Jun 2013)
Two North Darfur youngsters were critically injured on Monday after a grenade they found at the roadside detonated. Idris Nil Salaheldin (20) had his hand blown off, and suffered severe injuries to his neck, while Kamal Mokhtar (21) was seriously wounded throughout his body and his hand was cut off.
Witnesses told Radio Dabanga the incident occurred east of Um Rai in Kutum locality. When Salaheldin picked it up, it exploded. The injured are being cared for by local people because there are no hospitals or medical facilities in the immediate area.
This is the second incident involving unexploded ordnance (UXO) in just over a week, and the fourth in Darfur in a month.
The nine-year-old Khaled Eisa Mohamed died last week of severe head wounds he received on 13 April when a suspected aircraft bomb he and two friends found at a roadside at Anka, just a few kilometres west of Monday’s incident, exploded. The sisters Amina Abdallah Salem (12), and Hawa Abdallah Salem (10) are still clinging to life, but cannot be transported to hospital as the roads in the area are blocked by militia action.
A week earlier, three children died, along with the cattle they were herding, in East Jebel Marra. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that a powerful bomb, suspected to be a remnant of almost daily aerial bombardments of the area, “tore the children and cattle to shreds”.
On 28 March, also in East Jebel Marra, 12 camels died and ten other animals were wounded when several 500 mm-long ‘missiles’ exploded.
Years of conflict have left Darfur littered with potentially deadly explosives and munitions (UXO). Radio Dabanga appeals to listeners throughout Darfur (and elsewhere in our reception area) not to touch any ‘unexploded’ grenades or other ammunition found in the field. Mark its position clearly to alert others, and report it immediately to a camp sheikh, Unamid and/or the local police.
File photo: An unexploded mortar bomb like this could still be deadly. (Albert González Farran / Unamid)
Related:
One of three Darfur child bomb victims dies, two cling to life (20 April 2014)
Three Darfur children maimed after playing with bomb (16 April 2014)
One killed, two brothers maimed by grenade in East Darfur (29 August 2013)
Nine Darfuri children injured by bomb (28 Jun 2013)
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