Shepherd boy wounded in a landmine blast in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus

DAMASCUS, (ST)_A boy was wounded in a landmine blast in the Easatern Ghouta of Damascus, according to a source at Police command.

The source declared that a landmine, left behind by terrorist groups, exploded in an agricultural land in the eastern Ghouta , wounding a 9-year-old boy, who was  tending sheep there.

The explosion occurred yesterday and the shepherd boy was hit in the face and stomach by the shrapnel and he was conveyed to hospital to receive treatment. 

The Syrian army units liberated the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus in April 2018.

Basma Qaddour

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