Landmine victim Jhon Giraldo rests with his family in his house ...
15th Nov 2006, 00:33 GMT
(Reuters) - Landmine victim Jhon Giraldo rests with his family in his house at a slum in Medellin, Antioquia province, September 27, 2006. Home-made mines crafted from tin cans and containers, hidden in trees, rivers and buried on pathways, killed or wounded 1,100 people last year, according to the Landmine Monitor. It was the highest figure of any country in the world. More than half of Colombia's victims are soldiers, but in rural hamlets like those in Antioquia department in northwestern Colombia children have been crippled working in fields, farmers maimed bringing in cattle and families wounded as they flee recent combat or threats. Picture taken on September 27, 2006. To match feature COLOMBIA LANDMINES REUTERS/Albeiro Lopera (COLOMBIA)
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