Two children among six killed by old landmine in Senegal

The six people were in a horse-drawn vehicle when it hit a landmine left over from an earlier conflict in the Casamance region

Six young people were killed when their horse-drawn vehicle hit an old landmine unearthed by rain in Senegal's southern Casamance region, according to the local mayor.

Casamance is home to one of Africa's oldest ongoing conflicts, which has claimed thousands of lives since 1982, and the mine was believed to be a remnant from earlier fighting.