An injured 13-year-old boy from Myanmar receives treatment at the Phop Phra Hospital in Tak after stepping on a landmine in a border area. An 8-year-old Thai boy died in the same incident. (Photo by Assawin Pinitwong)TAK: An 8-year-old Thai boy was killed and a 13-year-old from Myanmar badly injured after they stepped on landmines while picking wild mushrooms inside Myanmar territory on Saturday morning. The incident occurred in the border area opposite Phop Phra district of the northern province of Tak. After the incident, the two boys were transported by a farm truck to the Thai border and then rushed to the Phop Phra Hospital.

Source: Bangkok Post May 19, 2018 11:48 UTC