When two deminers were killed on August 25 nearby the town of Livno in south-west Bosnia while they were on duty in one of the minefields that still blight the country, it again highlighted the dangers faced by those who are working to clear the remaining unexploded ordnance left over from the 1992-95 war.

The deminers who died near Livno, in circumstances that are so far unclear, were among a total of 55 Bosnian deminers who have lost their lives at work since 1996, according to the Bosnian Mine Action Centre, BHMAC.

After a formal investigation, it will be known exactly what happened to the three-member crew from the BHMAC in the incident, in which another deminer was slightly injured.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is reported to be one of the countries with the most uncleared landmines on its territory.

There was a national plan for Bosnia to become landmine-free by 2019, but that did not happen.