Syrian sappers demining liberated district of Aleppo
Sappers in Aleppo are examining residential headquarters in the Ramouseh district, which was liberated by the Syrian army three weeks ago as retreating militants left multiple mines here. Specialists note that self-made bombs of custom design are the most complicated, TASS reports.
“This is a self-made mine on a so-called stretch. It will explode not only if you tear the stretch but also if you even pull it. That’s why we destroy those at the spot,” Adnan Qasem from the Syrian government forces said when showing an explosive device he found near the entrance to what used to be a market.
According to the source, another self-made explosive device with a capacity of 0.5 kg of TNT was disguised as a tape recorder and equipped with a radio-controlled detonator. Militants use such devices to carry out terrorist attacks. Sappers carefully extracted the device and exploded it at a nearest wasteland.
Sappers note that over the years of war, they have already learned the main methods of militants’ work and design of their self-made explosive devices.