SISAK, July 11 (Hina) - The area cleared of mines between January and July this year is two and a half times larger than the area cleared of mines in the same period last year, the Croatian Mine Action Centre in Sisak reported on
Thursday.
SISAK, July 11 (Hina) - The area cleared of mines between January
and July this year is two and a half times larger than the area
cleared of mines in the same period last year, the Croatian Mine
Action Centre in Sisak reported on Thursday. #L#
A total of 12.6 million square kilometres were cleared of mines in
2001, while 11.1 million square kilometres have been cleared in the
first half of this year alone.
The largest cleared areas are in Zadar, Osijek-Baranja, and
Vukovar-Srijem counties.
Most anti-personnel and anti-tank mines were found in Osijek-
Baranja and Vukovar-Srijem counties (1,306 anti-personnel and
1,172 anti-tank mines).
During mine clearance in the first six months of this year, 3,990
explosive devices and 802 live bombs were discovered and
destroyed.
Eleven people were injured in mine incidents in said period - four
were killed, three were seriously wounded, and four sustained light
injuries.
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