Eastern Chad: MSF Treats Victims Of Unexploded Ordnance - Accidents With Abandoned Grenades And Other Devices Are Leaving Children Dead And Wounded

On Sunday, August 3, three children from an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp were severely wounded by an unexploded ordnance device (UXO) they found near an airstrip in Gozbeida, Chad. All three children were brought to the hospital run by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), where they are now stable and remain under MSF care. The incident is the latest of a series of UXO incidents in eastern Chad.

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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on August 11th, 2008