Undefined Explosive Device (UED)

Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Yemen on Wed 29th November 2023

29th November 2023

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Paramedics and local residents told Xinhua News Agency that an explosion caused by an explosive device occurred in a residential house in the Al-Mahashama area of Khub Washaaf District in Al-Jawf Governorate, located 143 km northeast of Sanaa. They confirmed that the explosion killed two children, and two other children and their mother were seriously injured. Paramedics and residents indicated that two children found an explosive device while they were herding livestock in one of the reefs near their house. It was brought into the house and while they were tampering with it, it exploded inside the house, causing casualties and parts of the house being damaged.

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