The Myanmar military has been committing war crimes by laying landmines on a “massive scale” in and around villages in southeastern Kayah state, amid renewed fighting between the military and ethnic Karenni armed groups, according to Amnesty International.
The rights group said an on-the-ground investigation in Kayah, also known as Karenni state, found the military had been using several types of landmines, including the M-14, which typically blows off the victim’s foot at the ankle, and the MM-2, which often blows off the victim’s leg at the knee and causes injuries to other parts of the person’s body.
