group is group land mines killed wounded dozens in syrian town ap wednesday 26 oct 2016 a leading international rights group says that homemade land mines planted by the islamic state group have killed and wounded hundreds of civilians including dozens of children in a town recently freed of the militants in northern syria. human rights watch says in a report issued wednesday that it collected the names of 69 civilians killed including 19 children by improvised mines in schools homes and on roads in manbij during a five-day investigation this month. the victims were killed during and after the fighting for control of the town. ole solvang deputy emergencies director at the new york-based group says is "mined virtually everything including quite literally the kitchen sink before they left." kurdish-led forces retook manbij in august over two years after the militants moved in.
group is group land mines killed wounded dozens in syrian town