Gaddafi forces sow landmines in east Libya

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have sown landmines in areas around the city of Ajdabiyah, adding a dangerous new element to the war on the eastern front, human rights and mine experts said on Thursday.

The mines include Brazilian-made anti-personnel mines and Egyptian-made anti-tank mines.
Two minefields were discovered by monitors in the days following last Saturday’s retreat from Ajdabiyah by Gaddafi’s troops and appear to have been laid during their 10-day occupation of the crossroads town 150km south of the rebel capital Benghazi.

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