Mayon Organization for Human Rights confirmed that a civilian was killed and four other fishermen (including a child) were injured in a landmine explosion in Dhu Bab District, Taiz Governorate, on Friday morning, in the latest mine incidents that continue to claim civilian casualties in Yemen.

The organization quoted its sources as saying that the victims worked in fishing and were on board a civilian vehicle (bus) on their way to cut down some trees for use in fisheries. The vehicle was exposed to a landmine explosion when it was traveling on a side road east of the Al-Harikiyah area.

The mine explosion - according to Mayon - led to the death of Ahmed Ahmed Salem (30 years old), while the following were: (Issam Badr Mazri, 26 years old, Hussein Habib Hanbas, 15 years old, Hilmi Muhammad Hanbas, 28 years old, and Asad Saeed Alawi, 30 years old) They suffered varying injuries, two of whom were seriously injured.

Mayon indicated that the injured were transferred to Doctors Without Borders Hospital in the neighboring city of Mokha, before two of them were transferred to an Aden hospital due to the seriousness of their injuries.

The Mayon Organization renewed its call on the Houthi militia to hand over maps of the minefields it planted in Yemen to the United Nations, noting that handing over the maps is the most effective way to reduce the number of civilian casualties.

Text of the statement:

A civilian was killed and four other fishermen (including a child) were injured by a landmine explosion in Dhu Bab District, Taiz Governorate, on Friday morning, May 24, 2024, in the latest mine incidents that continue to claim civilian casualties in Yemen.

According to the information obtained by the organization from its sources, the victims work in fishing and were on board a civilian vehicle (bus) on their way to cut down some trees for use in fisheries. The vehicle was exposed to a landmine explosion when it was traveling on a side road east of the Al-Harikiyah area.

The mine explosion - according to our sources - led to the death of Ahmed Ahmed Salem (30 years old), while the following were: (Issam Badr Mazari, 26 years old, Hussein Habib Hanbas, 15 years old, Hilmi Muhammad Hanbas, 28 years old, and Asad Saeed Alawi, 30 years old) They suffered varying injuries, two of whom were seriously injured.

The injured were transferred to the Doctors Without Borders hospital in the neighboring city of Mokha, and later Issam Mazari and the child Hussein Hanbas were transferred to a hospital in Aden.

The Mayon Organization renews its demand that the Houthi group hand over maps of the minefields it planted in Yemen to the United Nations. Mayon considers handing over the maps the most effective way to reduce the number of civilian casualties.

Issued by Mayon Organization for Human Rights

May 24, 2024