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Myanmar landmine casualties surge after coup

This handout photo from Amnesty International taken between June 27 and July 4, 2022, and released on July 20 shows a Christian church destroyed after being landmined and burned down by the Myanmar military, according to the rights group, in Daw Ngay Ku village in Hparuso township, in eastern Myanmar's Kayah state. (Photo: AFP)

Landmines and unexploded munitions injured or killed more than one person every day in Myanmar last year, the United Nations said, pointing to a 40% spike in casualties compared to 2021.

The military's toppling of Aung San Suu Kyi's government in 2021 sparked renewed fighting with ethnic rebel groups and the formation of dozens of "People's Defence Forces" in areas previously untouched by decades of conflict in Myanmar.

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