Five million Syrians at high risk of explosive weapons - study

[Sally]

Sad what these people are going through and will be going through for years to come.

May 12, 2015 1:11am BST

Five million Syrians at high risk of explosive weapons - study
BEIRUT



Ghazal, 4, (L) and Judy, 7, carrying 8-month-old Suhair, react after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near the Syrian Arab Red Crescent center in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus May 6, 2015.

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About 5.1 million Syrians are living in areas at high risk from explosive weapons, some of which fail to detonate and so will pose a deadly threat for years to come, aid group Handicap International said.

The global charity examined 78,000 violent incidents in Syria's war between December 2012 and March 2015 and found that more than 80 percent involved highly destructive weapons like rockets, mortars and bombs, rather than light arms.

"Syria will inherit the deadly legacy of explosive weapons for years," said Anne Garella, Regional Coordinator of Handicap International.

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[TheOldSchool]

There's a long road ahead for those poor people. They'll have to arm themselves and create a government that limits the madness of religion. I wish them the best of luck.