OSIJEK: MOTHER AND SON SERIOUSLY INJURED IN MINE EXPLOSION OSIJEK, Oct 24 (Hina) - A 26-year-old woman and her seven-year-old son were seriously injured on Tuesday in the explosion of an anti-personnel pressure-activated mine in a
forest near Dopsin in the eastern municipality of Vladislavci, the Osijek-Baranja County police said. An area of some 585 square kilometres in Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Srijem counties is infested with around 88,000 explosive devices. Less than 10% of mine-infested areas and those which are suspicious has been cleared of mines. So far, 214 people were injured, of whom 44 fatally, in 178 mine explosions in Osijek County.(hina) sb rml
OSIJEK, Oct 24 (Hina) - A 26-year-old woman and her seven-year-old
son were seriously injured on Tuesday in the explosion of an anti-
personnel pressure-activated mine in a forest near Dopsin in the
eastern municipality of Vladislavci, the Osijek-Baranja County
police said.
An area of some 585 square kilometres in Osijek-Baranja and
Vukovar-Srijem counties is infested with around 88,000 explosive
devices. Less than 10% of mine-infested areas and those which are
suspicious has been cleared of mines.
So far, 214 people were injured, of whom 44 fatally, in 178 mine
explosions in Osijek County.
(hina) sb rml