1 month, 1 dead and 22 injured! People in northern Myanmar are scared when they go out!
Myanmar media reported that in January, one woman was killed and five women and 17 men were injured in the Mujie, Nam Kham, Lashio, Seep, Namdu, Mandong and Dong Son districts of Kokang Prefecture in northern Shan State.
The data shows that among the people who stepped on landmines by mistake, there was one woman in Nankan; There were 3 males and 1 female in Xib; There were 3 men in Nandu; 1 male in Nansan; 1 male in Mandon; Lashio has 1 male and 2 female; Sister Mu has 6 men. In addition, there are 1 woman and 2 men in the Kokang Dongshan area.
According to a report released by Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor on 28 December 2023, more than 1,300 people have been killed by landmines and remnants of war in Myanmar since 1 February 2021.
According to the report, between 2007 and 2022, the highest number of deaths due to landmines and remnants of war was recorded in Shan State, at 2655%。
A man in Nandu Town, northern Myanmar, stepped on a landmine by mistake on the mountain, and his right foot was shattered below the knee! The people are appealing
Myanmar media reported that at around 8 a.m. on January 30, Sai Aihan, a 36-year-old man from Ko Pei Village, Namdu Township, northern Shan State, went out to chop bamboo in order to make a basket, and was forced to amputate one foot because he did not want to step on a landmine.
A man from the area said that his wife and children were a little far away from the bamboo and that his wife and children were a little far away, so he was not injured, and he stepped on a landmine in the bamboo forest near the forest garden road at the exit of the village, and his right foot was shattered below the knee.
On December 18, 2023, Wu Mingnai Wen and Guo Aisui from Kuopei Village, who went to herd cattle, also stepped on a landmine, Guo Aisui died, and Wu Mingnaiwen amputated one foot.
Another villager said that there are still a lot of mines, from time to time I hear the sound of **, I don't know what animal stepped on, because there are cattle, it may be a cow stepped on, anyway, it is often heard **, if someone comes to clear the mines, so that farmers can work safely.
In Nandu Town, in addition to the road to the three mountains, there are still many mines left in the upper area of the big reservoir, near the cemetery, in the area of the Nandu factory and around Kuopei Village.
So far, three people have stepped on landmines, one has died, two have been injured, and one foot has been amputated.
The village of Ko Phe is located next to the 324th Battalion of the military Kamaya, which TNLA conquered and occupied on December 28, 2023.