Injuries in mine explosion in Syria’s Raqqa
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – On Wednesday evening, six people, including two children, were wounded when a mine exploded in the waste dump in the village of Sahl al-Banat, 5 km northeast of the city of Raqqa, northeastern Syria.
A local security source told North Press that the explosion was caused by a mine left over from the war with ISIS, and that the surrounding area had been combed to ensure that it was free of other mines.
During the past three years, the city of Raqqa has witnessed several explosions of mines left behind by the Islamic State (ISIS) after it was expelled from the area by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by the Global Coalition.
After ISIS was expelled from Raqqa, the engineering teams of the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) dismantled thousands of mines that were a threat to the lives of the residents, according to an Asayish source.
On Wednesday, SDF found an underground weapons cache in Raqqa, which contained medium and light weapons, ammunition and mines, according to the SDF media office.