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SOUTH SUDAN / UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE
TRT: 02:31
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 JULY 2016, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, UNMISS office building with hole from RPG
2. Med shot, RPG hole and damaged air-condition unit
3. Close up, RPG hole
4. Wide shot, UNMISS office building with hole from a heavy weapon
5. Med shot, heavy weapon hole
6. Close up, heavy weapon hole
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Thompson, Chief of Operations, UNMAS South Sudan:
“This part of UN House was caught in the crossfire between the two opposing forces. Both light weapons and heavy weapons. There has been a lot of damage to the buildings around here from impact and now we are searching the area all around UN house to find any other UXOs lying around for the general safety of the population in the area.”
8. Wide shot, UNMISS Staff accommodation damaged by a mortar
9. Med shot, Mortar hole in UNMISS staff accommodation
10. Wide shot, UNMISS staff accommodation door and porch area damaged by mortar
11. Wide shot, UNMISS staff accommodation door with bullet holes
12. Med shot, UNMISS staff accommodation door with bullet holes
13. Close up, bullet hole in UNMISS staff accommodation wall through hole in door
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Thompson, Chief of Operations, UNMAS South Sudan:
“We’re using something we developed our self to make it a lot quicker but the dogs are reacting well to working in these conditions and they are helping us clear what we have to clear.“
15. Wide shot, Mine action service explosive detecting dog and handler clearing an area
16. Med shot, Mine action service explosive detecting dog and handler clearing an area
17. Med shot, Explosive detecting dog searching an area
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Thompson, Chief of Operations, UNMAS South Sudan:
“ So far we’ve recovered about 7 RPGs some spent, some not. 75-millimeter tank rounds and a 50-millimeter round and a lot of small arms round stuck in buildings and things. We have them in a safe place at the moment and when we are finished searching we takeo them up to our central demolition spot and dispose of them.”
19. Wide shot, collected UXO’s in secure area
20, Close up, collected UXO’s
21. Close up, collected UXO’s
The UN Camp in the Jebel area of South Sudan capital was caught in the crossfire of the two opposing forces during the country’s independence weekend.
Rounds from automatic weapons, rocket propelled grenades and mortars hit office buildings, vehicles and staff accommodations. The bullets caused major damage to buildings and vehicles on the United Nations compound.
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has been tasked with clearing the unexploded ordnance that are scattering across the compound and the Protection of Civilian sites.
Speaking about the clearing exercise, UNMAS Chief of Operations for South Sudan Robert Thompson said “this part of UN House was caught in the crossfire between the two opposing forces. Both light weapons and heavy weapons. There has been a lot of damage to the buildings around here from impact and now we are searching the area all around UN house to find any other UXOs lying around for the general safety of the population in the area.”
To ensure the search efficiency, Thompson said “we’re using something we developed our self to make it a lot quicker but the dogs are reacting well to working in these conditions and they are helping us clear what we have to clear.“
Talking about the result of the clearance, he said “we’ve recovered about 7 RPGs some spent, some not. 75-millimeter tank rounds and a 50-millimeter round and a lot of small arms round stuck in buildings and things. We have them in a safe place at the moment and when we are finished searching we take them up to our central demolition spot and dispose of them.”
UNMAS has placed a 24-hour on-call Quick Response Team for situations that require immediate response. The clearing exercise will take approximately 10 days.
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