A watchdog warned Wednesday that the actual number of persons killed or injured might be twice or triple its estimate of 1,000, citing landmines and unexploded bombs as the leading cause of death in Myanmar last year.
The Southeast Asian nation is covered in lethal landmines and ammunition from decades of intermittent fighting between the military and ethnic rebel groups.
However, the military’s 2021 overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government heightened national tensions and gave rise to dozens of newer “People’s Defence Forces” (PDFs) that are currently fighting to overthrow the military.
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) announced on Wednesday that 1,003 persons were killed or injured in Myanmar in 2023 as a result of anti-personnel mines and explosive relics of conflict.
According to the ICBL’s most recent Landmine Monitor report, there were 580 landmine casualties in Ukraine, 651 in Afghanistan, and 933 in Syria.
According to Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan of the ICBL, the actual number of casualties was probably far greater than those recorded because ground surveys were unfeasible due to the fighting and other limitations in Myanmar.
“How many more? Twice? Three? Very likely. He stated at a press conference in Bangkok that the nation does not have a medical monitoring system that can offer official data in any way.
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