IEDs kill 10, injure 12 in Syria’s Hama
HAMA, Syria (North Press) – Ten people were killed and 12 others were injured on Tuesday in two separate explosions of IEDs on the outskirt of Salamiyah, in the eastern countryside of Hamah, central Syria, while collecting truffles.
The pro-government al-Watan newspaper said, citing a local source, that an IED left by Islamic State (ISIS) exploded in the village of al-Mestariha, in the eastern countryside of Salamiyah, killing nine people and injuring two others.
The injured people were transformed to the national hospital of Salamiyah.
In a separate incident, an IED exploded east of Salamiyah, killing an individual and inuring ten others, while they were collecting truffles.
Remnants of war pose a great threat on lives of civilians in areas witnessed military conflict, amid absence of awareness campaigns about how to deal with them.