Extracting 901 landmines planted by Houthi militia during the 2nd week of July

September Net

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) in Yemen, has removed a total of 901 mines during the second week of July 2019, planted by the Houthi militia in land, schools and homes in a number of provinces.

The Center said in a statement that “of the seized mines, 248 antipersonnel mines, 330 anti-tank mines, 298 unexploded ordnance and 25 explosive devices”.

“The total has been uprooted since the beginning of the project so far 75,811 mines planted by the Houthi militias in the territories, schools and homes in Yemen, and tried to hide in different shapes and colors and ways, killing and wounding a large number of children, women and the elderly”, the center added.