Yemen .. Houthi mines continue to claim civilian lives

The Houthi coup militia mines continue to claim more Yemeni civilians after turning the country into the largest minefield in the world, according to human rights reports.
In the most recent of these crimes, one person was killed and another injured when the mine explosion was abandoned by the Houthi militia yesterday, Saturday, in the Naqoub area of Al-Safra, Asilan district, Shabwa governorate, eastern Yemen.
Local sources reported that citizen Ahmed Abdullah Al-Kharraz was killed while driving past a Dina car, while his cousin Muhammad Nasser Al-Kharraz was injured by the after a mine exploded on a road in the Safra Desert in Asilan district Leaving the Houthi militia.
The sources pointed out that the young man Ahmed died instantly as a result of his serious injury while the young man Muhammad al-Kharraz was taken to Asilan Hospital, where his condition was described as critical, according to local news websites.
Before leaving the directors of Bayhan and Asilan in Shabwa, the Houthi militia planted a network of indiscriminate mines and killed dozens of civilians.
This comes two days after three citizens were murdered by an explosion at a Houthi landmine in Al-Jawf governorate in northern Yemen.
The Houthi mine, which exploded in a civilian vehicle, claimed the lives of (Jaber bin Hassan Lakrash Belabid, Abdullah bin Khamis Lakrash Belabid and Hamad bin Abdullah Lakrash Belabid) as they drove past “Al Rayyan” on the desert road. District of the Khub Washaaf district in northeastern Al Jawf Governorate.
The Houthi militia planted mines densely and indiscriminately on civil roads.
The Yemeni Landmine Monitor – a non-governmental organization – reported that Houthi mines killed and wounded 16 civilians in January, caused great losses to their property and hindered the return of displaced persons to their homes.
According to local reports, the Houthis have planted more than two million landmines in populated civilian areas since the coup began.
Landmines have become one of the most famous weapons used by the Houthis, targeting innocent people in mountains, valleys, plains and residential areas. Hence, the Houthis do not retreat from an area until they are plagued by hundreds of planted mines, the thousands of mines causing casualties now and in the future between the dead and the disabled, especially since these planted mines are without maps of what deleting or accessing making them extremely difficult.
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