Image 18. Example of the ground sign observed at the entrance to some of the buildings
DESKTOP INFORMATION
The following information is gathered through the desktop assessment:
• The community-owned housing is on top of an area of high ground and was known to have been occupied by an NSAG during the conflict.
• The NSAG was known to make extensive use of VOIEDs.
• The NSAG was known to develop integrated defensive plans that incorporated physical terrain, with non-explosive obstacles and belts of VOIEDs.
• Other types of IEDs were regularly used at defined VPs such as doorways.
NTS INFORMATION
The following information is gathered during NTS:
• A local construction company has started work at the site with the intention of recommencing construction. During this they reported that one of their members of staff was killed when entering one of the partially-constructed houses. • A local shepherd is identified as another key informant. He informs the NTS team that two of his flock were killed in separate incidents 100 m south of the housing complex in the last 30 days. • A UAV is flown over the area where the shepherd reported the explosions occurring. Two craters are identified, each approximately 1 m in diameter and consistent with the functioning of 5–10 kg of HME. • The seats of explosion are approximately 50 m apart between two areas of steep-sided slopes. Two rows of regular ground signs can be observed. • The house in which the construction worker was killed has collapsed. Interviews with the other construction workers present, suggest that he simply stepped through a doorway. • The construction staff have been at the site for 30 days and apart from not entering the partially- constructed houses they have driven machinery, including graders, across the whole of the site in preparation for work commencing.
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