RIYADH: The Saudi Masam mine clearance project has destroyed nearly 6,000 items of unexploded ordnance collected from Yemen’s western coast as part of efforts to protect civilians from the dangers of war remnants, it announced on Thursday.
Masam said that its teams safely disposed of 5,977 items in the Bab Al-Mandab area of Taiz governorate after completing all required technical safety procedures.
The cache included 142 artillery shells, 2,758 detonator fuses, 2,998 rounds of assorted ammunition, 14 anti-personnel mines, 36 anti-tank mines, nine hand grenades, six rockets, eight improvised explosive devices and six projectile warheads.
Adeeb Rajab, commander of Masam’s Second Special Tasks Team, said that the explosives had been collected over the past month from villages, farms and grazing land across Yemen’s western coast.
He said that the unexploded ordnance posed a threat to civilians, particularly children, farmers and shepherds.
