TANINTHARYI—A 44-year-old farmer lost his left leg yesterday after stepping on a landmine while returning from a rubber plantation in Kan To Village, Tanintharyi Township.

The incident occurred at approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 17. “It happened on his way home from rubber tapping. His leg was severed, and shrapnel hit his body,” said a source close to the victim. Local residents reported that the man has been transported to Myeik Public Hospital for emergency treatment.

Kan To Village is situated on the strategic Myeik-Tanintharyi Road, a route where Myanmar military logistics units frequently face guerrilla ambushes while attempting to reinforce troops and supplies toward the Tanintharyi-Mawtaung corridor. The military has been launching persistent operations to retake the Mawtaung area, which was seized by resistance forces in November 2025.

According to resistance sources, junta troops planted M14 anti-personnel mines along village footpaths during a withdrawal from Kan To in early October. The M14 is a blast mine manufactured in domestic factories—locally known as KaPaSa—under the junta’s Directorate of Defence Industries (DDI).

“Revolutionary forces had conducted mine-clearance operations in the area, but this was likely a remaining mine that was missed,” a local source added.

The area remains a flashpoint for conflict; on October 3, heavy clashes broke out between junta columns and revolutionary forces as the military advanced toward Kan To Village.