A child was killed and another wounded by a landmine blast in Basra, a police source said.

“A landmine explosion in Zubair farmlands, 40 km west Basra, left a child killed and another wounded,” a police source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The police source pointed out “the landmines were military remains sustaining from previous wars in different parts of Iraq”.

In February 2008, Iraqi Environment Minister Nirmeen al-Mufti said Iraq has over 4000 landmines fields, which makes 25% of the world total unexploded mines.

Basra, the oil-rich province, borders three countries and the epicentre for two Gulf wars in the last quarter of the 20th century.

HEYET Net- VOI