Article 1MW1G Pokémon Go players in Bosnia warned to steer clear of landmines

Pokémon Go players in Bosnia warned to steer clear of landmines

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The Balkan country is littered with tens of thousands of mines planted during the 1992-1995 conflict

People playing the popular smartphone game Poki(C)mon Go in Bosnia have been urged to avoid areas littered with unexploded mines left over from the 1990s conflict.

"Today we received information that some users of the Poki(C)mon Go app in Bosnia were going to places which are a risk for (unexploded) mines, in search of a pokemon," the NGO Posavina bez mina said on its Facebook page.

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