Two girls dead after landmine blast in Shan State village
Two young girls, aged 13 and 8, have died after accidentally detonating a landmine near a small village in central Shan State.
The victims died at the bank of the Tein Creek, on the outskirts of Mat Lan village in Laihka Township.
According to a third child, who was with the pair and survived the blast unscathed, the girls found what appeared to be a motorbike battery that exploded when they touched it, sending shrapnel through the air and killing both instantly.
