War remnants | Shell explosion kills three civilians including woman in Rif Dimashq

Rif Dimashq province: SOHR activists have documented the death of three civilians including a woman and injury of a girl from the same family, due to the explosion of an unexploded shell of war remnants yesterday evening, in Yabrod Balkalmon in the north western Rif Dimashq.

According to SOHR sources, two young men found the shell and took it home, trying to extract copper to sell it, however the shell exploded.

Accordingly, the death toll documented by Syrian Observatory activists since early January has risen to 14, including a child who was killed in an old landmine explosion of war ordnance, in addition to the injury of 19 persons, including tenchildren.
Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of 673 people, including 96 women and 240 children, by mines and IED explosions and the collapse of cracked residential buildings in several areas of the Syrian territory across Syria since early January 2019.
Among the total death toll, there are 112 persons, including 47 women and 19 children, who were killed during their search and collection of the truffle which grows in the areas that are subjected to heavy rain, and it is sold at very high prices.
SOHR calls on all the relevant international organisations to work on the immediate neutralising and removal of unexploded war ordnance in Syrian. Explosive remnants of war (ERW) are a serious problem that need to be addressed urgently. SOHR would like to see, as a first step, the immediate involvement of international organisation in raising the awareness of local Syrians of the dangers of ERW.