ADEN, Aug 9 (NNN-YPA) – A total of 44 Yemeni people were killed by explosions, caused by landmines and explosive devices, in the first half of 2021, a government official said, yesterday.
During the Jan-June period this year, 44 people were killed, including 11 children, and 57 others were injured, the local government source said, on condition of anonymity.
He indicated that, the majority of casualties and losses were recorded in the coastal areas, located in the southern parts of the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah.
Previous reports by humanitarian organisations suggested that, Yemen has become one of the largest landmine battlefields in the world, since the World War II.
Yemen has been mired in a civil war since the late 2014, when the Houthi militia seized control of several northern Yemeni provinces and forced the internationally-recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi out of the capital.
The Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in the Yemeni conflict in Mar, 2015, to support Hadi’s government.– NNN-YPA
