Burmese Army landmine Blast Leaves One Injured
An innocent woman has lost one of her legs in the blast of the landmine planted by Burmese Army in Murng Pan Township, southern Shan State.
On 26 March, Nang Let from Pa Kha village, Murng Pan Township stepped on the landmine planted by Burmese Army while taking a rest under the banyan tree on the way to go home from the farm. Due to the explosion, she lost one of her legs.
The landmine was planted by IB 294 under the command of Military Operations Commands (MOC) 17.
A landmine
The village headman and Nang Let’ relatives complained the incident to the commander of IB 294 so that Burmese Army provided K 200,000 as the compensation for the victim. After that Nang Let was taken to Loi Leim hospital for medical treatment.
Because of the landmine planted by Burmese Army, many civilians in Burma have injured and become the disabled in every year.
