Sudan: Woman Injured in UXO Blast in Jebel Marra, Darfur

27 February 2018

Fanaga — The explosion of a remnant of war seriously injured a woman in eastern Jebel Marra on Monday afternoon. The item of unexploded ordnance (known as UXO) detonated south of Fanaga. It resulted in the the amputation of one of the legs of 35-year-old Hawa El Rashid Saleh.

One of her relatives told Radio Dabanga that Hawa was collecting firewood in the area together with other people when something triggered the detonation of the UXO .

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