Mine event in Saada, Al-Bouqa area, Yemen on Sun 9th July 2023

AL-MUKALLA: Two Yemeni demining workers have been killed while attempting to disarm stacked landmines laid by the Iran-backed Houthis in the northern province of Saada. Casualties monitoring group, the Yemeni Landmine Records, said the workers were operating as part of a team in the government-controlled Al-Bouqa area when two anti-tank mines placed on top of each other exploded as they tried to defuse them. The group claimed the Houthis intentionally sought to kill deminers by clustering landmines in one location, planting devices that could not be detected by conventional means, and laying explosives fitted with motion detectors. Yemeni authorities and the Saudi-funded Masam demining program estimate that the Houthis have planted more than 1 million landmines and improvised explosive devices in the country over the past decade, making Yemen the most mined region of the world since World War II. At least eight civilians have been killed by landmine explosions in Taiz and Hodeidah this month, according to the monitoring group. Hamza Ahmed, 14, was killed while tampering with an IED disguised as a drinks can in the Al-Jahmelia neighborhood of Taiz, close to his home