Casualties

Casualties Overview

In 2014, the Monitor identified 38 casualties from landmines and victim-activated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the Republic of Tunisia.[1] This is the highest annual casualty total recorded in Tunisia since monitoring began in 1999. The Monitor identified 28 casualties from landmines or victim-activated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Tunisia in 2013.[2] The vast majority of casualties in 2014 were military (36 of 38), as was the case in 2013 (22 of 28). All incidents occurred in or near the area of military operations at Al-Cha’ambi Mountain in Kasserine governorate or close to the Tunisia-Algeria border.

The 2013 casualty total of 28 had represented a dramatic increase compared to the 10 mine/ERW casualties recorded in Tunisia for a period of more than 20 years, from 1991–2012. This increase was attributed, at least in part, to the suspected use of homemade mines (victim-activated IEDs), something that had not been reported in Tunisia prior to 2013.[3] The cumulative number of mine/ERW casualties remains unknown. Since 1999, the Monitor has recorded 72 mine/ERW casualties.

Tunisia did not report on victim assistance in its Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 report submitted in 2015.[4]