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Mine event in Bago-East, Bago area, Myanmar on Wed 13th December 2023

13th December 2023

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On 13 December 2023, between Kyauktaga town and Pein Za Loke village (coded as Kyauktaga) (Kyauktaga township, Bago district, Bago-East region), the Myanmar military reported that a combined force of the KNLA and the PDF (under the NUG) carried out a mine attack against a passenger train traveling from Mandalay to Yangon between Kyauktaga and Pein Za Loke train stations at around 3:30 am. According to the military, there were 426 passengers on the train, and three carriages derailed. Casualties unknown.

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