Debris of war kills four children, two women in Darfur

16/06/2014 20:22

Four children were killed when a grenade detonated in their home in Mukjar locality, Central Darfur on Saturday. The children found the grenade not far from their house and took it home. The explosion occurred when they tried to remove its cover. Adam Suleiman Ismail (12) year, his brother Abakar (10), and his sisters Fatima (7), and Halima (5) died instantly, one of the neighbours reported to Radio Dabanga. Missile On Monday, two women were killed in East Jebel Marra when they apparently tried to break a missile into pieces. They found the missile  about 5km west of Shangil Tobaya, a witness who found the women’s bodies told Radio Dabanga.“It looked as if the women tried to break the missile in two. This must have caused its detonation. The women died instantly.” 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: Display of ordnance at Unamid headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, on 30 January 2014 (Albert González Farran/Unamid) Related:Boys lose hands, legs as UXO detonates in North Darfur (15 June 2014) 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)

Four children were killed when a grenade detonated in their home in Mukjar locality, Central Darfur on Saturday.

The children found the grenade not far from their house and took it home. The explosion occurred when they tried to remove its cover. Adam Suleiman Ismail (12) year, his brother Abakar (10), and his sisters Fatima (7), and Halima (5) died instantly, one of the neighbours reported to Radio Dabanga.

Missile

On Monday, two women were killed in East Jebel Marra when they apparently tried to break a missile into pieces. They found the missile  about 5km west of Shangil Tobaya, a witness who found the women’s bodies told Radio Dabanga.

“It looked as if the women tried to break the missile in two. This must have caused its detonation. The women died instantly.”

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: Display of ordnance at Unamid headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, on 30 January 2014 (Albert González Farran/Unamid)

Related:

Boys lose hands, legs as UXO detonates in North Darfur (15 June 2014)

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)