In Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, twolandmine explosions occurred on a single day, resulting in one man's leg beinglost and another person sustaining serious leg injuries.

The individual who lost his leg is U Myo Shwe,aged 45, from Min Tat Taung Village, Kyaukphyu Township.

A resident of Kyaukphyu informed Narinjara Newsthat on the morning of March 11, he stepped on a landmine while collectingfirewood, resulting in the loss of his right leg.

"He was gathering firewood in Kyaungmountain, close to our village. There, he stepped on a landmine and lost hisright leg. He was taken to the Kyaukphyu hospital," he said.

Another injured individual is U Yine Nu Aung,aged 65, from Ah Yar Shi Ward, Kyaukphyu Township.

A resident of Kyaukphyu informed Narinjara Newsthat when he and his wife went to buy rice in Oo Kin Taung village, Thit PokeTaung village-tract, around 12 pm on March 11, he stepped on a landmine plantedby junta forces in Aung Zedi village, Gone Chwein village-tract, injuring hisleft leg.

"I heard that the couple went to GoneChewin to buy rice. When the roads were closed, the people from the town wentto buy goods from the available road. In Kyaukphyu Township, many villages havelandmines planted. The people in the area mostly make a living from fishing andshrimp farming. Many landmines are planted on those embankments. He stepped ona landmine planted on that embankment, and his left leg was injured. Currently,he is in Kyaukphyu Hospital," he said.

Residents are concerned about the risk oflandmines as junta forces have planted them on embankments in variouslocations, including the jetty in Ka Yin Taw ward to Sai Chone, Sai ChoneDwain, Nga Pyi Taung, Hnget Pyaw Chaung, Taung Shay, near the 534th LightInfantry Battalion, Pyin Wun, and Min Tet Taung.

The 34th Infantry Battalion and the 542nd LightInfantry Battalion, units of the military junta based in Kyaukphyu Township,have planted landmines in fields and roads commonly used by civilians near SaiChone Dwain village and Aung Zedi village, situated across the Nga La Pyawtcreek. As a result, the AA is clearing these landmines.