think-progress:6 Terrifying Facts About LandminesIn an age of shooting sprees and suicide bombings,
think-progress:6 Terrifying Facts About LandminesIn an age of shooting sprees and suicide bombings, landmines seem a distant threat. But in the last week alone, seven people were killed when they came into contact with the explosive devices: an 11-year-old boy in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, one person in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, and at least five were killed in Paksitan’s Balochistan province. Often decades old, landmines litter the terrain of resolved conflicts and pose continuing threats to those who live in their midst. Follow ThinkProgress -- source link