'I just want my legs back': Myanmar landmine casualties soar

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'I just want my legs back': Myanmar landmine casualties soar
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Landmine casualties in Myanmar have spiked since the military took over in February 2022. Experts say the heightened numbers are likely a vast undercount.

February 19, 2023 GMTIn this photo provided by the family, a young landmine victim learns to use his new prosthetic limbs at Hpa-An Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center in Hpa-An township, Karen State, Myanmar, on Dec. 7, 2022. The boy lost his legs in a landmine blast in July 2022. He speaks frequently about the blast, but his mother isn't sure he'll ever process what happened. “Maybe he still doesn’t understand,” she said. “He is still young.

BANGKOK — The 3-year-old boy had taken only two steps from his mother’s lap when a deafening explosion rang out. The blast caught the woman in the face, blurring her vision. She forced her eyes open and searched for her son around the busy jetty where they’d been waiting for a ferry, near their small village in south-central

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