Seven children martyred in mine blast in Deir Ezzor

Seven children were martyred when a mine left behind by “ISIS” terrorists went off on the outskirts of Diblan village in Deir Ezzor eastern countryside. 

Seven children were martyred when a mine left behind by “ISIS” terrorists went off on the outskirts of Diblan village in Deir Ezzor eastern countryside. 

Director of al-Assad Hospital in Deir Ezzor Dr. Mamoun Hiza told SANA reporter that the bodies of seven children arrived in the hospital on Tuesday evening as they were martyred in a blast of a mine left by Daesh terrorists on outskirts of al-Diblan town in Deir Ezzor eastern countryside. 

Dr. Hiza added that the children aged between 9 and 13 and they were martyred after they sustained shrapnel wounds in different parts of their bodies when a mine blasted while they were playing near it on outskirts of the village. 

Army units are still working on combing the liberated areas to remove the mines planted by terrorists over wide areas across the province.