Landmine explosion kills 3 in Yemen-Xinhua

Landmine explosion kills 3 in Yemen

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-12-17 04:10:45

ADEN, Yemen, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed Friday in a landmine explosion in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, a government official told Xinhua.

"The landmine explosion occurred while a group of people along with their children were working on their farm in the Hays district of Hodeidah," the local government official said on condition of anonymity.

He said that five others were critically injured in the explosion and transferred to a nearby field hospital to receive treatment.

Yemen's joint government forces accused in a statement the Houthi militia of planting the landmine, while the Houthis made no comments about the explosion.

Last week, a convoy of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) survived another landmine explosion in Hodeidah.

Government demining experts said that more than 1 million landmines have been laid since the outbreak of the Yemeni civil war in late 2014, when the Houthi militia took control of several northern provinces and forced the Yemeni government out of the capital Sanaa.

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