Boys lose hands, legs as UXO detonates in North Darfur

15/06/2014 11:47

Three boys were maimed in the area of Jebel Karo, North Darfur, on Friday when a grenade they found detonated. “Murtada Ibrahim Bakhit (16), his brother Abdel Bagi (11), and Abdel Hamid Suleiman Mousa (12) on Friday found a grenade in the area of Jebel Karo, about 20km south of Tawila town”, Omda Mousa Mukhtar Bush told Radio Dabanga. “When they started to play with it, the grenade detonated. The legs of Abdel Bagi were blown off. Murtada and Abdel Hamid lost their hands.” The boys were immediately transferred to El Fasher hospital for treatment. Years of conflict have left Darfur littered with potentially deadly explosives and munitions. Radio Dabanga appeals to listeners throughout Darfur (and elsewhere in our reception area) not to touch any ‘unexploded’ grenades or other ammunition found in the field. Mark its position clearly to alert others, and report it immediately to a camp sheikh, Unamid and/or the local police. File photo: Haroun Ali (17), from Mellit in North Darfur, is recovering in El Fasher from the injuries he sustained when he picked up an unexploded ordnance (UXO). (Albert González Farran/Unamid, 2 April 2013)Related:Maimed North Darfur boys need medical aid after explosion (13 June 2014) Two children killed, three maimed by ammunition in South Darfur (13 May 2014) Grenade kills two in Darfur’s Jebel Marra (1 May 2014) Two more maimed by UXO in North Darfur (21 April 2014) One of three Darfur child bomb victims dies, two cling to life (20 April 2014) Three Darfur children maimed after playing with bomb (16 April 2014)

Three boys were maimed in the area of Jebel Karo, North Darfur, on Friday when a grenade they found detonated.

“Murtada Ibrahim Bakhit (16), his brother Abdel Bagi (11), and Abdel Hamid Suleiman Mousa (12) on Friday found a grenade in the area of Jebel Karo, about 20km south of Tawila town”, Omda Mousa Mukhtar Bush told Radio Dabanga. “When they started to play with it, the grenade detonated. The legs of Abdel Bagi were blown off. Murtada and Abdel Hamid lost their hands.”

The boys were immediately transferred to El Fasher hospital for treatment.

Years of conflict have left Darfur littered with potentially deadly explosives and munitions. Radio Dabanga appeals to listeners throughout Darfur (and elsewhere in our reception area) not to touch any ‘unexploded’ grenades or other ammunition found in the field. Mark its position clearly to alert others, and report it immediately to a camp sheikh, Unamid and/or the local police.

File photo: Haroun Ali (17), from Mellit in North Darfur, is recovering in El Fasher from the injuries he sustained when he picked up an unexploded ordnance (UXO). (Albert González Farran/Unamid, 2 April 2013)

Related:

Maimed North Darfur boys need medical aid after explosion (13 June 2014)

Two children killed, three maimed by ammunition in South Darfur (13 May 2014)

Grenade kills two in Darfur’s Jebel Marra (1 May 2014)

Two more maimed by UXO in North Darfur (21 April 2014)

One of three Darfur child bomb victims dies, two cling to life (20 April 2014)

Three Darfur children maimed after playing with bomb (16 April 2014)