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Mine event in Upper Nile region, Melut area, South Sudan on Wed 7th March 2018

7th March 2018

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March 8, 2018 (MALAKAL) – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in South Sudan has confirmed that a deminer working for a contracting partner suffered serious injuries while working at a demolition site and later died in hospital. A second deminer, UNMAS said in a statement, received minor injuries in the incident which took place at Melut in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region on 7 March 2018. UNMAS South Sudan Programme Manager, Tim Lardner, said the mine action community in South Sudan was deeply shocked by the loss of their long-time colleague.

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