A 30-year-old woman’s leg was amputated at a hospital after she accidentally stepped on a concealed landmine when she returned home from her farm in Hakha, northern Chin State.
Two of her friends who were with her when she detonated the hidden buried explosive devise next to the Khusilobo Victory Monument at 2pm on 1 March were not injured in the blast.
Soldiers have planted other landmines around the town and others have accidentally stepped on them. On 19 February, a 60-year-old man lost one of his legs while collecting firewood on the Hakha – Gangaw road in Hakha Township.
A woman said soldiers have taken position around the Christian Cross pillar on Prayer Mountain in Hakha, which they use to attack Thangtlang with artillery. They are also staying at the National League for Democracy office and the fire station in the town.