Sentences with phrase «unexploded bomblets»

Steve Goose, director of the Arms Division at Human Rights Watch said «Syria is expanding its relentless use of cluster munitions, a banned weapon, and civilians are paying the price with their lives and limbs», «The initial toll is only the beginning because cluster munitions often leave unexploded bomblets that kill and maim long afterward.»

Children often mistake the unexploded bomblets for toys and thousands have sustained horrific injuries when they are picked up and detonate.

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The move is a major victory for arms - trade campaigners who have long called for a ban on the weapons, the «bomblets» of which often land unexploded and turn into de-facto landmines.