Land mines continue to haunt women, children in Yemen
Yemeni women and children continue to die from land mines planted by Houthi rebels across the country.
SANAA, Yemen - For more than eight years now, the bloody conflict in Yemen has killed and wounded civilians from all segments of society. A large proportion of them are women and children who fell victim to land mines planted by Houthis.
In 2017, Dalila Abdo Ahmad and her cousin Afaf went out to get water in the Sabir al-Mawadim district of Taiz governorate. No one knew that in the night before, Houthi operatives had sneaked in to plant mines throughout the city. As the two women walked, a mine blew up. Dalila lost both her feet. Afaf lost her right foot and broke the other.
In 2018, Rabab Qaed left her house in al-Saeediya town in al-Khawkhah district of al-Hodeidah governorate with her cousin Mohammad Hanbala to visit her husband in detention.
On their way, the pair crossed the Dhimmi bridge where a land mine planted by the Houthi rebels exploded, killing Hanbala on the spot. Five days later, Qaed succumbed to her wounds.
