A young girl was killed and two other children injured by the explosion of a landmine left by an unknown party in the desert area surrounding Tal Z’eiter village in Hasaka governorate southwestern suburbs on February 6, 2022. The mine exploded near civilians who were working herding sheep in the area.
The area is under the Syrian Democratic Forces’ control.
SNHR is still trying to reach eyewitnesses to obtain more details of the incident.
SNHR calls on the controlling forces to shoulder their responsibility for protecting civilians in areas under their control, to reveal the sites of all buried 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.
