MAPUTO, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Seven people were killed and two more injured by anti-personnel mines blast on Tuesday in Zambezia, central province of Mozambique, while they were hunting small animals for meal.
The spokesperson for the General Command of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique, Inacio Dina, told the press Wednesday that the dead were all from the same family, aged between 11 and 25 years old.
"The anti-personnel mines were activated when these people were hunting animals for meals, three were killed on the spot when the devices blew and the rest of them died in the hospital," said Inacio Dina.
He said that in order to prevent more deaths the police isolated the area and delegated a team to work to verify the conditions in the region and to investigate the possible existence of other explosive devices.
Four months ago, a mine exploded in Mozambican capital and seriously injured a child while he was playing.
Mozambique declared two years ago that it is free of mines after many years of demining program across the country.
