Mine event in Taizz, Al-Qasr area, Yemen on Thu 13th June 2024

Today, Thursday, three civilians were injured when a mine exploded, planted by the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia, in Al-Qasr Tour, east of Taiz, while one of the barriers was being raised.

A member of the National Committee to Investigate Allegations of Human Rights Violations, Ishraq Al-Maqtari, said, “Three citizens were injured in a mine explosion, one of them in a serious condition, while a truck belonging to the Public Works and Roads Office and the Cleaning and Improvement Fund was removing the barriers in order to open the Qasr Tour Road. Camp and the crossing of citizens into the city after 9 years of siege.”

A member of the National Investigation Committee added, in a press statement, that the mine explosion occurred in the morning during preparations for the start of the inauguration of citizens’ crossing and entry into the city of Taiz, noting that despite the period of the past three days and the removal of many mines, what happened suggests that there are risks that must be taken care of. Of which.

She called on citizens and motorists to exercise caution while driving on the roads, and not to take other roads as they are unsafe and still contaminated with mines and explosive devices, demanding the removal of all mines that were randomly planted on the roads so as not to cause more casualties among civilians.