Tantan (Southern Morocco) August 16, 2015 (SPS) – Small size land mine detonated Friday in Lemsaid region, 70 km east to Tantan city in southern Morocco, injuring Sahrawi minor Amin Haiba, according to Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA).
The source indicated that the victim was taken to the regional hospital in Tantan, and then transferred to a hospital in Guelmim city in southern Morocco as some fragments could not be removed from his left leg.
The region where the land mine exploded had experienced military confrontations between the Saharawi People's Army and the Moroccan army during the 70s and 80s. (SPS)
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