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TRIPOLI, Libya – Hundreds of deadly landmines and unexploded ordnance still litter parts of Libya after years of fighting, posing a constant danger to civilians, especially children, long after the conflict.
Although relative calm has returned to the oil-rich country since the battle for Tripoli four years ago, the United Nations says more than 400 people, including 26 children, have been injured or killed since 2019 in accidents linked to left-over explosive devices. “A few seconds later, a strong explosion threw us to the ground,” his friend Hamam Saqer, 12, told AFP from a nearby hospital bed. His feet were badly wounded in the blast and he was covered in bandages.His 11-year-old brother Laith Saqer was lying in the next bed, having had a lucky escape suffering just some light scratches.
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