Explosive Device Wounds Boy in South Lebanon

Published August 27th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A Lebanese boy was wounded on Monday when an explosive device left behind by Israeli occupation forces blew up in the village of Shaqra in the south, reported the Daily Star.  

Mohammed Mehdi Hassan Aqiqa was playing with the device in front of his house when it exploded.  

He was admitted to a hospital in Tyre with injuries to his right hand, the paper said. 

Israeli occupation forces withdrew from south Lebanon in May 2000 after years of harassment by resistance fighters, leaving behind orphans, minefields and ruined infrastructure - Albawaba.com  

 

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