Pu Law villager steps on landmine, loses leg
October 30, 2024
HURFOM: On October 27th, 2024, a local man from Pa La Town, Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division stepped on a landmine and sustained serious injuries.
According to local sources, 50-year-old Ko Soe Gyi went to harvest his paddy rice and he stepped on a landmine on the way to his farm. He lost one of his legs in the explosion.
“It’s the harvest season and the rice paddies are already ripe. He went to his farm to harvest the rice paddy and stepped on landmine,” said a local source.
At the moment, Ko Soe Gyi is receiving treatment at the Pu Law General Hospital.
Both the military junta and the resistance forces are active in the area where the landmine explosion took place; none of the groups said anything about the explosion.
According to the data collected by HURFOM, from January to September, 2024, there have been 14 landmine explosions in Mon, Karen and Tenasserim regions, killing three villagers and injuring 16 residents.
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