News reports on new casualties in Myanmar/Burma
DVB: Heavy fire, landmines rock eastern Burma, Naw Noreen, 2 March 2011 Article states that casualties in Eastern Pegu have taken place during armed conflict between the Tat Ma Daw and the Karen National Liberation Army. Residents in the area stated to DVB that no warning of mines in the Read more…
DVB:Girl, 7, hit by landmine, Naw Noreen, 22 February 2011 A seven-year-old girl and her family were forced to flee after fighting broke out close to their home in Wawlay district of Karen State. The family spent weeks sleeping on the banks of the Moei River, which separates Thailand and Read more…
Narinjara: 4 People Killed in 10 Days by Landmines in Burma, 17 February 2011 Article quotes state sources that 4 people were injured in early February, atleast one of the incidents appears to be an anti-vehicle mine or IED. Also claims 24 other people were injured or killed in other Read more…
New Light of Myanmar: KNU’s landmine left one civilian injured 02 Feb 2011 Villager hunting in the forest in Mawtaung injured by an antipersonnel mine. Source: Myanmar News Agency, reprinted on ReliefWeb at: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/MMAH-8DQ96E?OpenDocument
Bangkok Post, Spectrum section: Explosive Nightmares, 30 January 2011 Article documents the plight of a farmed who stepped on a landmine in Burma but was being treated in Mae Sot hospital and a staff member of the Committee for Internally Displaced Karen People who delivers Mine Risk Education to some Read more…