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Mine event in Rakhine, Mrauk-U area, Myanmar on Wed 30th October 2019

30th October 2019

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On 30 October 2019, in Ywar Haung Taw Village, in Mrauk-U Township, in Rakhine State, a mine exploded near a bridge in the village and killed a local from Mrauk-U city and injured another local from Kyauktaw township. A local person said that these two locals worked as excavators and they were asked to dig up a landmine by a Myanmar military column.

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Rakhine ( Mrauk-U area )

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