Editing Red mercury (section)

=== Red mercury in southern Africa ===
Organizations involved in [[mine clearance|landmine clearance]] and unexploded munitions disposal noted a belief amongst some communities in southern Africa that red mercury may be found in certain types of ordnance. Attempting to extract red mercury, purported to be highly valuable, was reported as a motivation for people dismantling items of unexploded ordnance, and suffering death or injury as a result. In some cases it was reported that unscrupulous traders may be deliberately promoting this misconception in an effort to build a market for recovered ordnance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.landmineaction.org/resources/resource.asp?resID=1051 |title=Explosive remnants of War: unexploded ordnance and post-conflict communities |work=landmineaction.org |publisher=Landmine Action |date=31 March 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211075530/http://www.landmineaction.org/resources/resource.asp?resID=1051 |archive-date=11 December 2008 }}</ref>

An explosion in [[Chitungwiza]], Zimbabwe, that killed five people is attributed to a quest to reclaim red mercury from a live landmine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soldier, ex-cop 'among dead' in Zengeza blast |url=http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-10095-Soldier,+ex-cop+%E2%80%98among+Zengeza+dead/news.aspx |access-date=26 January 2013 |newspaper=New Zimbabwe |date=24 January 2013 |archive-date=26 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126213600/http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-10095-Soldier,+ex-cop+%E2%80%98among+Zengeza+dead/news.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>