Shafaq News- Nineveh
An explosive remnant of war left behind by ISIS killedtwo shepherds on Friday while they were grazing sheep in the Al-Baaj Islandarea west of Iraq's Nineveh province, a security source told Shafaq News.
Security forces sealed off the area and launched aninvestigation, while the bodies were transferred to the forensic medicinedepartment to complete legal procedures.
Iraq remains among the world's most heavilycontaminated countries with explosive remnants of war. The United Nations MineAction Service (UNMAS) estimates that about 2,733 square kilometers of landremain contaminated following successive conflicts, including the Iran-IraqWar, the 1991 Gulf War, post-2003 violence, and the campaign against ISIS.
Official figures show that more than 30,000 peoplehave been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Iraq since2003.
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