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Ddasaccident372, Hd-Aid Aug 2001

Ddasaccident372, Hd-Aid

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[The Team Leader] then proceeded to step over the base stick at the end of the lane into the uncleared area. He has stated he did this in order to investigate the tripwire and identify the location of the PMR2A fragmentation mine. No one witnessed him at this time, and at 09:35hrs an uncontrolled detonation was heard in the location of where [the Victim] had walked.


Ddasaccident583, Hd-Aid Jan 2001

Ddasaccident583, Hd-Aid

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On 17th January 2001 demining was being conducted around a former helicopter base in San Francisco Libre, near Managua. A deminer stepped on a PMN mine just outside the marked area while moving between the front and back of the lane. He was “going to prod” so had presumably returned to the back of the lane to remove his metal-detector.