Two children, eight-year-old Abdullah Ahmad al Sawadi, and 14-year-old Ibrahim Khalil Ramadan al Khalaf, were killed on February 25, 2022, by the blast of a landmine planted by unknown parties near a bus station in Deir Ez-Zour city, which is under the control of Syrian regime forces.
SNHR is still trying to reach eyewitnesses for more details on the incident.
We call on the controlling forces to assume their responsibility for protecting civilians in 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 and lethal threat to people, particularly children, for several years to come.
