Narinjara News, 15 June 2022

One person was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion in Myebon township of Rakhine State on 14June.

According to a relative, both were hailing from an IDP camp in Sa Nyin village. The landmine exploded when onestepped on it while moving towards the nearby mountain to look for bambooshoots.

The victim has been  identified as Maung Than Tin (30 years old), whereMaung Kyi Win (30) sustained injuries.

Than Tin lost both of his legs and succumbed to injuries onthe spot, said U Thabin Nadi, a monk assisting the refugee camp. Talking to NarinjaraNews over telephone, he added that Kyi Win was sent to Kan Toung Gyi hospital.

Villagers in the camp claimed that those landmines were planted by the Myanmararmy personnel who took shelter during the gunfighting against Arakan Armymembers two years back.

Earlier, on 31 May morning Daw Tin Thein (70, hailing from Ruk Thar villageunder  Kyauktaw township) was killed as she put herself on a landmine inthe mountain.

Similarly, on 29 May, Aung Aung Oo, a Khumi youth fromNgacha village, suffered from a landmine blast in Paletwa township of Chin State.

(Photo: The body of Daw Tin Thein (70, hailing from Ruk Thar villageunder  Kyauktaw township) brought back to home by a machine boat after she succumbed with the injuries in hospital.)