SOUTHERN SHAN STATE – It was reported that a mine explosion occurred when the junta’s drug suppression unit was investigating under banyan tree near Yatsauk- Intaw road, 11 mile village, Pame village tract, Yatsauk (Lawksawk) Township, injuring four of them, according to local residents.
On July 16 at past 2:30 p.m., three improvised mines exploded while the drug suppression joint team was investigating, injuring 3 policemen and a soldier from the military affairs security unit (Sa Ya Pa).
“Mine exploded when they came to check as they got the news in advance. All 4 of them were taken to the hospital. They were attacked by improvised mines. There have been no arrests. Since the mines exploded beside the road, no one knows who placed them,” said a local.
The injured were sent to the No (4) 100-bedded military hospital and are receiving medical treatment.