Three children died in successive bombings of war remnants in Syria

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According to Syrian news on October 30, local time, explosions of war remnants occurred one after another in the Hasakah, Daraa and Hama provinces of Syria that day, killing three children and injuring six others.

Two landmines exploded in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province and southern Daraa province, killing two children and injuring three others. In northern Hama province in central Syria, a cluster bomb exploded while several children were playing in a residential yard, killing one child and injuring three others, one of whom was seriously injured.

The long-term conflict in Syria has left a large number of landmines, cluster munitions and other unexploded ordnance in many places across the country, which continues to threaten civilian lives. In recent years, there have been many incidents of civilian casualties caused by mines. A report released by the United Nations Children’s Fund in April this year estimated that about 5 million children in Syria live in areas contaminated by landmines and other explosive remnants of war. Related explosives are scattered around roads, farmland, homes and schools.