When a middle-aged man went into the forest in Ann Township, Rakhine State, to collect bamboo shoots, he stepped on a landmine and lost a leg. U Thein Shwe (31), who hails from Nga Letkya Village in Ann Township, Tat Taung District, stepped on the mine.
A local man in Ann told Narinjara News that he was strolling along the river bank on the Ann-Ma Ee road, about two miles from his village, on the morning of July 23 when he stepped on a landmine and lost one of his legs.
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Source: Narinjara News
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