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CHIN STATE – It was reportedly known that Ms. Nu Biak Hnem (45) from Zhong Lay Village of Falam Township died in the morning of October 18 after stepping on a landmine.
A resident of Falam Township said, “I heard that the person who was hit by the landmine blast and her four other friends went out to look for oxalis roots at around 9 a.m., and one of them died after stepping on the mine.”
Ms. Nu Biak Hnem, one of the four residents of Zhong Lay Village who went out to look for oxalis roots, bled to death as her leg was severely injured in the landmine explosion.
An elderly man was also killed by a mine blast on September 26 in Chin State, and an elderly woman who was with him was injured.
According to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), 20 Chin people were killed and 37 others were injured due to landmines in Chin State after the military coup.