UNICEF: Casualties from Myanmar landmines jumped to 1,052 last year

FILE - Myanmar soldiers view the crater from a landmine explosion on a bridge in Maung Nama Taung village, Nov. 12, 2016. UNICEF reported on April 3, 2024, that more than 1,000 people were killed or maimed by landmines in Myanmar in 2023.

The number of civilian casualties, including children, who were killed or maimed by landmines and explosive ordnance in Myanmar more than doubled last year to 1,052, the U.N. children's agency said Wednesday, as conflict raged in the impoverished country.