Internal Security Forces dismantle a phone-programmed landmine, south of Hasakah
Al-Hasakah – North-Press Agency
Mine Engineering Teams of the Internal Security Forces in al-Shadadi, south of Hasakah have dismantled a landmine on Tuesday, which was planted in the town of Markada.
The Internal Security Forces clarified that the mine was programmed through a cell-phone call, which it can explode in case of any direct call is made.
The Internal Security said that the mine was planted next to the highway in the town of Merkada, as the security units imposed a security cordon until the mine was dismantled, and then destroyed in a remote area.
The Islamic State militants have planted lots of mines during their control of al-Shadadi in 2014, upon which dozens of people have lost their lives.
Earlier on June 23, two children were wounded by a landmine explosion in the village of al-Aliya, southern Hasakah, resulted in the amputation of limbs of one child, while the other was seriously wounded in most parts of his body.
The Global Coalition backed Syrian Democratic Forces expelled Islamic State group’s militants out of the town of Shadadi in February 2016, as the town suffered brutal and terrorist actions of ISIS for two years of their control.