News - Yemen: Five civilians were killed and a woman was injured, during the past 24 hours, as a result of the explosion of mines and ammunition left by the US-Saudi aggression in several governorates.

The Yemeni Executive Center for Mine Action stated in a press statement that it recorded, within 24 hours, the death of three citizens in Ad-Durayhimi district of Hodeidah governorate, and a citizen in Al-Maslub district of  Al-Jawf governorate, as a result of the explosion of mines and ammunition left over from the aggression.

The Center monitored the death of a citizen in Nehm district, east of Sana’a governorate, and the injury of a woman in the Bani Bariq area of ​​the same district as a result of the explosion of a mine remnants of the aggression.

The total number of victims of mines, cluster bombs and remnants of the aggression during the first week of June 2022 was 21 people, including three deaths and 18 injuries, according to the statistics of the Yemeni Center for Mine Action.

Sa’adah took the largest share of casualties, with 10 civilians injured, including four children, followed by Hodeidah, where six civilians were injured, while the rest of the victims were recorded in Nihm and Taiz.

As a result of the indiscriminate and excessive use of cluster bombs by the US-Saudi aggression during the past years, the impact of these bombs continues to lead to casualties among civilians, especially children.

Saudi Arabia, backed by the United States and regional allies, launched the war on Yemen in March 2015, with the claim of bringing the government of former Yemeni president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi back to power.

The war has left hundreds of thousands of Yemenis dead, and displaced millions more. It has also destroyed Yemen’s infrastructure and spread famine and infectious diseases there.

The victims of cluster bombs have reached more than 25,000 civilians since the beginning of the US-Saudi aggression on Yemen. The Director of the Executive Center for Mine Action, Brigadier General Ali Safra, has pointed out that the support and resources allocated to field clearance do not reach the level of 2% of what is required to be cleaned.
 
The director of the Executive Center for Mine Action Brigadier Ali Safra stated that Hodeidah, Al-Baidha'a, Marib, Al-Jawf, Nihm and Sa'ada are the most infested areas for mines and bombs, in which the aggression used the most deadly and latest military technology in the country.
 
He explained that the Center is continuing to work to clear areas contaminated and affected by the bombs and mines of the US-Saudi aggression, pointing out that mines and remnants - especially cluster bombs - have become a national issue and a societal problem that must be disposed.

The Executive Center for Mine Action announced the discovery of 544 mines and cluster bombs left over from the aggression during the first week of January 2022.

The Mine Center's field work is concentrated in dangerous areas and densely populated directorates. However, the UN's curtailment of its support programs and the coalition's prevention of the introduction of detectors raises the specter of death that threatens the lives of women and children.