Grenade kills two in Darfur’s Jebel Marra

01/05/2014 20:06

Two girls were killed when a grenade detonated in Jebel Marra on Thursday. One of the relatives of the girls told Radio Dabanga that Asma Ishag Adam (7) and Najwa Eisa Yahya (6) found the grenade this afternoon in the area of Dirbat. “They picked it up and started playing with it, upon which the grenade exploded. They were killed instantly.”Years of conflict have left Darfur littered with potentially deadly explosives and munitions (UXO). 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 disposals at Unamid headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur (Albert González Farran/Unamid) Related: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)Unexploded ordnance kills three children in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra (13 April 2014)

Two girls were killed when a grenade detonated in Jebel Marra on Thursday.

One of the relatives of the girls told Radio Dabanga that Asma Ishag Adam (7) and Najwa Eisa Yahya (6) found the grenade this afternoon in the area of Dirbat.

“They picked it up and started playing with it, upon which the grenade exploded. They were killed instantly.”

Years of conflict have left Darfur littered with potentially deadly explosives and munitions (UXO). 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 disposals at Unamid headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur (Albert González Farran/Unamid)

Related:

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)

Unexploded ordnance kills three children in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra (13 April 2014)