Abstract
One million people have been killed and maimed by anti-personnel mines. Twenty-six thousand people a year become victims, 70 people a day, or around one person every 15 minutes. Three hundred thousand children and counting are severely disabled because of landmines. Half the people who step on an anti-personnel mine die from their injuries before they are found or taken to hospital. An even higher percentage of children die because, being smaller, their vital organs are closer to the blast. After the end of hostilities, decades afterwards, anyone who strays into a mine field is at risk. Everyone is vulnerable: women collecting water, children playing, men working the land or cattle grazing.
Recommended Citation
Busé, Margaret S.
(1999)
"What You Should Know About Landmine Victims,"
Journal of Mine Action
: Vol. 3
:
Iss.
3
, Article 3.
Available at:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol3/iss3/3
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