TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – 3 Syrian children were killed as a mine exploded near the military base housing US forces in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah.

Local sources in Syria's province of Hasakah reported Tuesday that at least three Syrian children were killed and two others were seriously injured by the explosion of a mine near the American military base in the northeastern suburbs of this province.

According to the reports, the children found this mine in a garbage site near the American military base.

The mine exploded when the children were collecting plastic materials from the accumulated garbage in the said area.

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