Children killed, injured in explosion at El Salam camp, South Darfur

09/06/2013 21:03

A violent explosion killed two children and injured three more on Friday at El Salam camp for the displaced near Nyala, the capital of South Darfur. The children reportedly found an unexploded munition while they were playing outside the camp. They brought it into the camp and were examining it in their house when it exploded, killing Kamal Mohamed Adam and Nahla Jalal Mohamed Adam, and wounding Aduma Abkar Muhammad, Hawa Jachia and Amna Adam Jachia. Camp sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabeldiya demanded via Radio Dabanga that the government and other organisations disarm mines and sweep the vicinity of the camps for unexploded munitions. “This military waste is a threat to everyone,” he said. He also issued an urgent warning to the displaced, especially to children not to touch any unidentified object they find, but to alert the authorities in the camp immediately. File photo

A violent explosion killed two children and injured three more on Friday at El Salam camp for the displaced near Nyala, the capital of South Darfur.

The children reportedly found an unexploded munition while they were playing outside the camp. They brought it into the camp and were examining it in their house when it exploded, killing Kamal Mohamed Adam and Nahla Jalal Mohamed Adam, and wounding Aduma Abkar Muhammad, Hawa Jachia and Amna Adam Jachia.

Camp sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabeldiya demanded via Radio Dabanga that the government and other organisations disarm mines and sweep the vicinity of the camps for unexploded munitions. “This military waste is a threat to everyone,” he said.

He also issued an urgent warning to the displaced, especially to children not to touch any unidentified object they find, but to alert the authorities in the camp immediately.

File photo