Shanshoul Mohammad al-Hmoud, a mechanical engineer from Tadmur city in the eastern suburbs of Homs, who worked at the Syrian regime’s Administration to Develop and Invest Natural Gas – Middle Sector Gas Directorate, was killed on March 17, 2023, by the explosion of a landmine whose source we have not been able to identify while he was working at the al-Ark Gas Station in eastern Tadmur city in the eastern suburbs of Homs. The city is under the control of 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.
