September Net

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center’s Project Demining MASAM has removed 4,911 landmines in the second week of February 2020.

The cleared explosives planted by Iran-backed Houthi militia, included five anti-personnel mines,161 anti-tank mines, six explosive devices and 4,739 unexploded ordnance, according to the Center’s statement.

MASAM engineering teams have managed to remove a total of 134,259 landmines since the project launching.

The Iran-backed Houthi militia planted all these landmines and explosives, in various disguised shapes, on public roads, in schools, farms and people’s houses.

As a result, large number of Yemeni children, women and elderly have been  killed or sustained critical injuries including amputation and disabilities.