Landmine explosion kills 3 people, injure others in Syria’s Manbij

MANBIJ, Syria (North Press) – Three people were killed and ten others were injured on Monday in a landmine explosion in a village west of the city of Manbij, north Syria.

A local source from the village of al-Yanli, west of Manbij, told North Press that a landmine exploded while residents were harvesting olives in the village.

Al-Yanli is a front line between the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) and the Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA).

The explosion resulted in the killing of three civilians and the injury of about ten others, the source added.

The injured people were transported to hospitals in the city of Manbij to receive treatment, according to the source.

By Ahmad Othman