Landmine kills boy in Yemen's western coastal province

The boy stepped on the explosive device in Al-Zaafran village, in the southern part of the war-torn province on the Red Sea coast, Xinhua reported.

Landmines and other explosive devices have killed or injured thousands of civilians, especially children, in Yemen.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report last week that 165 incidents involving landmines and explosives were recorded by local monitors in 2023, resulting in 306 casualties, including 200 children and 25 women.

A report by Save the Children released in 2023 said that one child was killed or injured by a landmine or an explosive device every two days in Yemen in 2022.

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