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Saudi project extracts more than 600 Houthi-laid landmines in 4th week of June

[02/07/2019 02:48]

RIYADH-SABA
The Saudi project "MASAM" extracted 604 landmines from different parts of Yemen in the fourth of week of June. MASAM, part of a $40 million initiative by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), said in a statement it removed those landmines from schools, houses and private properties. They include "four anti-personnel landmines and 268 anti-tank landmines."

MASAM said it has so far removed a total of 74115 landmines of various kinds, sizes and disguised forms. Thousands of Yemenis, largely women and children, have lost their lives or limbs in explosion of these landmines.