On March 4, the bodies of a young man and woman, a brother and sister, were found by local residents in Dwezien village in the eastern suburbs of al-Salamiya in eastern Hama governorate. The two victims were killed by the explosion of a landmine whose source we have not yet been able to identify while they were collecting desert truffles.
The area is under the control of Syrian regime forces. The Syrian Network for Human Rights is still trying to locate eyewitnesses to obtain more information about the incident.
We call on the controlling forces to uphold their responsibilities to protect civilians in their areas, and to locate and remove landmines planted in these areas. We have documented hundreds of deaths and injuries resulting from the explosions of landmines, which pose a long-term, serious threat, especially to children, which will last for years to come.
