A man was killed and his spouse injured when the couple stepped on a hidden landmine close to an army checkpoint near the Infantry Battalion 304 base in Matupi Township, southern Chin State, on 29 November.
“Pu Ral Pan stepped on a hidden landmine when they were on their way to their cattle ranch and died an hour after the explosion. His wife sustained injuries to her legs,” said a man who wished to remain anonymous.
The woman is being treated at Matupi Public Hospital, he said.
The 56-year-old man worked for the government’s communications department in Matupi town and has two sons.
Within months of last year’s coup, the Chinland Defence Force formed and fighting started with the army in Matupi Township and the other townships in Chin State.
Animals and sometimes civilians accidentally detonate the hidden explosive devices that the military has placed around its bases in the township.