{"id":14074,"date":"2022-03-06T17:25:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/village-kids-use-landmine-as-a-toy"},"modified":"2022-03-06T18:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T18:18:26","slug":"village-kids-use-landmine-as-a-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/village-kids-use-landmine-as-a-toy","title":{"rendered":"Village kids use landmine as a toy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>UNSUSPECTING children of the Omutwewomunhu village in the Ohangwena Region picked up a landmine in the bush, brought it home and used it as a toy for several days.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy \u201cmetal\u201d was used in weightlifting exercises and also served as a stool at the children\u2019s playground in their parents\u2019 mahangu field. According to Nampol\u2019s Inspector Abner Kaume Itumba, several adults were aware of the heavy metal\u2019s presence but did not realize that it was a lethal object.<\/p>\n<p>However, a passerby who saw the object children were playing with immediately identified it as a landmine. The Police\u2019s explosives experts were notified and positively identified the object as a Yugoslavian manufactured TM-46 landmine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was safely detonated on the spot,\u201d said Itumba, adding that, despite the demining efforts of the past three decades, the former war zone is still not totally free of landmines and unexploded ordnances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur slogan is still valid: Don\u2019t touch it, report it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. UNSUSPECTING children of the Omutwewomunhu village in the Ohangwena Region picked up a landmine in the bush, brought it home and used it as a toy for several days. The heavy \u201cmetal\u201d was used in weightlifting exercises and also served as a stool at the children\u2019s playground in their parents\u2019 mahangu field. 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