Mine Victim
EVENING NEWS 19.10.2002.
The Croatian Mine Action Centre reported that its worker,
Stjepan Haban (born in 1971), lost his life in an accident which
occurred in a Slovene centre for the training of mine removal
experts on Friday.
Under still unexplained circumstances, an anti-personnel mine
exploded in the hands of Haban during lessons. In the explosion,
another Croat, Vladimir Orsolic, who is also an employee with
the Croatian Mine Action Centre, sustained light injuries. Three
employees of this Croatian company were attending the training,
organised by the International Trust Fund in the Slovene military
barracks of Ig, outside Ljubljana. An investigation in Friday’s
accident is under way.
