Discarded Explosives in South Sudan Kill 10, Including Kids

A cloud of smoke billows above the site of a controlled detonation of land mines by experts from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) following a demining exercise of a field rigged up during the civil war at Gondokoro village in the capital Juba, South Sudan, on Jan. 26, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

JUBA, South Sudan—At least 10 people in South Sudan, including three children, have been killed after mistaking unexploded ordnance for scrap metal, an official said Friday.

The commissioner of Jur River county, James Bak, confirmed Thursday’s accident in Western Bahr el Ghazal and said two other children were injured.