Landmine use ‘highest since 2004’

Planet’s most vicious species continue to kill and destroy

The use of anti-personnel mines reached its highest level since 2004 with more countries deploying the deadly devices, said The Landmine Monitor report.

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• Global Disasters: As of August 2011, a total of 72 states, as well as seven  areas, were confirmed or suspected to be mine-affected, the report said.
• The recorded casualties in 2010 rose by 5% compared with 2009.
• Four largest producers of anti-personnel weapons were China, India, Russia and the United States.
• Israel and Myanmar were identified as laying new antipersonnel mines in 2010-2011.
• An estimated 120 million mines are laid globally killing or maiming thousands of people each year, according to the Red Cross.
• In 2010, about4,200 new casualties were recorded, 5% higher than 2009.
• Landmines are more than ten times more likely to kill or maim a civilians after a conflict than a combatant during war, according to the UN.
• Landmines have killed and injured more people in the  last 50 years than nuclear and chemical weapons combined.
• Up to 5 million new anti-personnel mines are laid in the ground each year, according to the Red Cross.
• More than a third of the victims of landmines are children under the age of 15.

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