UN says Israel planted landmines in Lebanon as four wounded

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BEIRUT (AFP) — Four members of an international demining team have been wounded in an Israeli-laid minefield in south Lebanon, a UN spokeswoman said, adding it was the first evidence of use by the Jewish state of anti-personnel mines in the summer conflict. One British and one Bosnian deminer working for London-based company ArmorGroup on a United Arab Emirates-funded project had their feet amputated after being struck by a landmine Friday, UN spokeswoman Dalya Farran told AFP Saturday.

A third deminer, a Lebanese, suffered less serious injuries in the incident in Deir Mimas close to the Israeli border, south of the town of Marjayoun. The deminers initially thought the explosions were the result of cluster bombs but on Saturday a team from another London-based firm, BACTEC,...