SIALKOT/BAHAWALPUR, Jan 27: A number of people have lost their lives or become crippled due to the landmines planted by the army along the border areas.

On Monday, an old woman was critically injured in a landmine blast in Dandot village of Sialkot working boundary’s Darman- Shakargarh sector.

Rani Bibi, 55, was collecting woods when she hit a landmine and sustained serious injuries. She was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital.

In the landmine blast on Saturday, in Bahawalpur, a member of the hunting team of Dubai Naib Amir Shaikh Hamdan bin Saeed Al-Maktoum was killed and two others were injured, was the second incident since the army laid the landmines here last year. Earlier, five members of a landlord’s family were killed when their jeep was blown up after hitting a landmine.

The body of Saif Abdullah and the two injured brothers, Khalifa and Ali, were flown to Dubai by a special plane on Sunday night. The other members of the Amir’s team also left for Dubai by the same flight.

Sheikh Hamdan also left here for Dubai on Monday morning.

He was seen off at the local airport by senior civil officers, elected representatives and local dignitaries.