At leastseven  Rakhine children were injured as they were playing with a remnantbomb in the northern part of Maungdaw township on 13 April. The incident tookplace at around 7 am and four children out of them sustained serious injuries.

The injuredchildren include  Maung Ne Myat Lin (8 years old), Maung Kyaw Win(10),  Maung Nyan Myint (8),  Maung Aung Aung Htay(4) Maung Chong Myat San (8) Maung Win Htay (9) and Maung Win Naing(11).

They allhail  from Taman Thar village, where gun fighting erupted between thejunta forces and Arakha Army (AA) fighters recently.

A Maungdawresident informed that the children were playing at a field near the village.They saw a bomb and started playing with it. Soon the bomb exploded and sevenyoung boys were injured.

Theysustained injuries in arms, legs, backs and thighs. All are now receivingmedical treatment at a community clinic.

"Thechildren have no idea about the weapons left over there. There is a lack ofawareness in the entire community. Four had serious injuries,” added theresident.

There areabout 20 houses in Taman Thar  (east) Rakhine village and 40 in TamanThar (west) Rakhine village. Both are is located about nine  miles awayfrom Kyin Chaung village-tract in the northern part of Maungdaw.

On 26March, Tamman Thar border guard station was fully captured by the AA fightersfollowing which  90 junta soldiers surrendered to the AA.