Muhammad Emad al Doujan, Zaher Mahmoud al Suleiman, Hesham al Ramadan and Khaled al Thabyan, from Taybet al Imam city in the northwestern suburbs of Hama governorate, were killed when a landmine of so-far unknown origin exploded on August 15, 2020, on an area of farmland where they working near Khan Sheikhoun city in the southern suburbs of Idlib governorate. SNHR is still trying to contact witnesses to obtain more details of the incident.
SNHR calls on the governing forces in each area to bear responsibility for protecting civilians in the areas under their control, to reveal the sites of planted landmines and to remove them. We have documented hundreds of deaths and injuries resulting from landmine explosions, which will continue to constitute a real threat to people, particularly children, for several years to come.
