Belarus
Casualties
Casualty Overview
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All known casualties by end 2016 |
6,199 mine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) casualties (2,678 killed; 3,521 injured) |
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Casualties in 2016 |
3 (2015: 2) |
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2016 casualties by survival outcome |
1 killed; 2 injured (2015: 2 injured) |
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2016 casualties by device type |
3 ERW |
In 2016, there were three reported new ERW casualties in the Republic of Belarus. Two children were killed and one injured in an incident involving unexploded World War II ordnance.[1]
No landmine casualties have been reported in Belarus since 2004.
There were at least 6,199 mine/ERW casualties (2,678 killed; 3,521 injured) in Belarus from 1945 to the end of 2016.[2]
[1] “The children decided to run around the field, they found a shell: What happened in the village of Veshevka,” TuT.by, 24 March 2016.
[2] Monitor Media scanning for 2015 and 2016 calendar years; and Convention on Conventional Weapons Protocol V Article 10 Report (for calendar year 2014), Form E.