Under the direct endangerment of mines, there are about 93,000 inhabitants of BiH, in about 110 vulnerable local communities, show the last data responsible.
In the proposal of the plan for the civil action activity in BiH for 2025. and 2026. The year is concluded that the work on the solution to this problem has more, almost 30 years of war.
In this document, whose author is the center for removal of mines in BiH (BHMAC), was emphasized that BiH belongs to the countries facing the big mine problem.
“According to estimates in January 2025. year suspicious area in BiH amounts to HM 822,87 square, which represents 1.6 percent compared to the overall area of BiH,” they stated from BH MAC.
When it comes to the size of a suspicious dangerous surface in January 2025. years, the FBiH refers 655.33, on the Brčko District 10.35, and the Republika Srpska remaining 157.19 square kilometers.
Dragan Kos, Assistant Director of the Republic Civil Protection Administration, the demining sector, points out that, when it comes to suspicious areas in Serbian, estimates that it is about 65 forest areas. That, as he stressed, areas that have healed into medium and high vegetation.
“All areas that we have had data that were contaminated, are marked. With the unauthorized removal of mine signs. It is good that there are people nearby, they are not responsible, and they are responsibly, saying it for” independent newspapers.
According to him, when we talk about suspicious surfaces, they are in the first line Teslić and Doboj, but also municipalities such as croupes on Uni, Čajniče, Rogatica and Pale.
“Our teams are currently working on a very difficult terrain in the municipality of Trnovo,” Kos pointed out.
In the database of the Ministry, the Ministry of the Minem in BiH in operational use are another 8,673 mines of mines fields, while mine hazards at 10,408 mine minutes were removed from the beginning of demining.
Mine fields in BiH, as they claim in BH MAC, is characterized by a relatively small number of mines.
“Mine groups are very often or individually placed by mines, the problem is the quality of mine minutes, according to which the exact location of the mine field, the form and schedule of the mine in the field,” they stated from BH Mac.
As they added, unavailable, or non-functional records of mine fields, increasingly difficult minefields that are mainly in hilly-mountainous areas, and the lack of relevant information due to the expiration of suspicious areas.
In the BiH in 2024. years, as they cite from BH MAC, there were no mine accidents. Since 1992. until 2024. year, from mines, cassette ammunition and explosive funds arrearns from the war (ESSR) in BiH was killed by 8,471 people. A total of 6,391 victims were registered in the War Period in BiH.
“In the post-war period (1996-2024), 1,781 persons were damaged in BiH, 134 deminers were killed in BiH, of which 53 Deminer suffered harder and easier injuries,” they stated from BH MAC.
By the way, one Deminer was killed a few days ago in the new city, with that, as informally we find out, he did not happen in Marko Polje, nor did he have the fatal moments on the task.
“Prijedor Police Administration was reported to be near the house in Donje Vodicevo, the municipality of Novi Grad, due to the activation of the explosive device, the death of DK from Novi Grad”, said from the Prijedor police, writing Independent newspapers.
