Pakistan flood waters dislodge land mines

Dawn:

Flood waters in Pakistan have dislodged and carried landmines to places previously deemed safe or demined, increasing risks to the population, the international Red Cross warned on Tuesday.

Since the beginning of the floods, “three children, a woman and a man have been severely injured” by landmines in disaster-hit regions, Luiza Khazhgerieva, an official from the International Committee of the Red Cross, told AFP.

“Mines and unexploded ordnance could have been easily moved by water from the original places,” she noted.

The ICRC has in recent weeks documented incidents of explosions in areas previously deemed to be free of landmines.

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A similar problem happened with flooding in North Korea sweeping mines into South Korea. These things are dangerous enough when you know where they are. Who is going into the original mine fields to find out which ones are gone?

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