LANDMINES left from years of civil war are likely to endanger survivors and rescuers after a devastating tsunami hit Sri Lanka and other Asian countries, UNICEF said today.
“Mines were floated by the floods and washed out of known mine fields, so now we don't know where they are, and the warning signs on mined areas have been swept away or destroyed,†UNICEF's Ted Chaiban said from the agency's office in Colombo in a statement released at UN headquarters in New York.
“The greatest danger to civilians will come when they begin to return to their homes, not knowing where the mines are,†Chaiban added.
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“Mines were floated by the floods and washed out of known mine fields, so now we don't know where they are, and the warning signs on mined areas have been swept away or destroyed,†UNICEF's Ted Chaiban said from the agency's office in Colombo in a statement released at UN headquarters in New York.
“The greatest danger to civilians will come when they begin to return to their homes, not knowing where the mines are,†Chaiban added.
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