Bosnia: 2 mine clearers dead, 1 injured
Two people died in a blast in northern Bosnia Tuesday, the second such accident this week.
Tuesday, 18.03.2008.
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Two people died in a blast in northern Bosnia Tuesday, the second such accident this week. "Two deminers died instantly when an anti-infantry mine went off," Pavo Vukovic, head of a private demining company, told Fena new agency. Bosnia: 2 mine clearers dead, 1 injured He said the injured mine clearer was admitted to hospital and was in a stable condition. On Monday, a 35-year-old deminer was killed during a mine-removal operation in the northern Stanari village. Almost 4 percent of the Balkan country remains planted with landmines left over from the 1992-95 war, endangering the lives of 900,000 people living nearby, said Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, launching a new anti-mine campaign. Spiric said 480 people were killed and almost 1,140 injured in mine accidents in Bosnia since the war ended. Experts say it will take at least 10 years to clear the mines and some 80 million Bosnian marka ($64.5 million) per year to fund the demining.
Bosnia: 2 mine clearers dead, 1 injured
He said the injured mine clearer was admitted to hospital and was in a stable condition.On Monday, a 35-year-old deminer was killed during a mine-removal operation in the northern Stanari village.
Almost 4 percent of the Balkan country remains planted with landmines left over from the 1992-95 war, endangering the lives of 900,000 people living nearby, said Prime Minister Nikola Špirić, launching a new anti-mine campaign.
Špirić said 480 people were killed and almost 1,140 injured in mine accidents in Bosnia since the war ended.
Experts say it will take at least 10 years to clear the mines and some 80 million Bosnian marka ($64.5 million) per year to fund the demining.
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