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Projectile event in Kermanshah, Qasr-e Shirin area, Iran, Islamic Republic of on Sun 10th November 2024

10th November 2024

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A demining worker, Rahim Akbari, was critically injured on Sunday when an unexploded artillery shell from the Iran-Iraq war detonated during clearance operations in Kermanshah province.

Rahim Akbari sustained severe injuries when the heavy artillery shell exploded while he was conducting routine demining work in the Qasr-e Shirin district.

Akbari was first rushed to Abolfazl Al-Abbas Hospital in Qasr-e Shirin and later transferred to a medical facility in Kermanshah for advanced treatment.

Murad Babakhani, Deputy Governor for Political and Social Affairs in Qasr-e Shirin, confirmed the incident, referring to the victim only as a bulldozer operator without directly naming Akbari.

The explosion went off in an area still contaminated with unexploded ordnance from the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

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Kermanshah ( Qasr-e Shirin area )

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