Six mushroom pickers who were picking desert truffles were killed when a mine exploded near the Jabal al-Bashri area in northeastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province. radio station reports Damascus FM.
“Six people died when they stepped on a mine left by armed groups while searching for truffles near Jabal al-Bashri,” the radio station said in a statement. it was said.
Mushroom pickers in Syria regularly die from mines and militant attacks. In March, a truck carrying people to collect desert truffles was blown up by a mine laid by terrorists from the Islamic State (a banned organization in Russia). According to the source, multiple mines exploded as the truck passed, killing seven and injuring 63. Prior to that, in February, more than 50 Syrians were killed while picking truffles in an attack by IS militants in Homs province in eastern Syria.
It was previously reported that one person. deadOne person was seriously injured as a result of the explosion of a mine left by ISIS terrorists in the east of Syria’s Hama province.