AT LEAST three children have been killed and two others injured when a landmine planted by United States occupation forces exploded in Syria’s energy-rich northeastern province of Hasakah today.

News agency Sana, reported that children had been searching for scrap metal in an area close to a military facility housing US forces, when the landmine exploded on the outskirts of Qasrok village, located in the al-Malikiyah district of the province.

Local reports said two children were immediately killed while another died later in hospital.