Two mine clearers were killed Saturday when a landmine left over from Bosnia's 1992-95 war exploded while working at an area near the town of Maglaj.
These deaths come just after another tragedy when two men were killed when they triggered a landmine while chopping wood in a forest in northern Bosnia.
Even 13 years after the war ended, more than 200,000 landmines and other unexploded munitions remain littered across more than 3% of Bosnia's territory.
Approximately 480 people have been killed by mines and more than 1,100 injured in the country since 1996. Experts warn it will take decades for all the landmines to be cleared.
Fortunately most of the mined area's are marked with big skull and cross bones signs as seen in this photo.
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