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Woman loses leg to landmine

An elderly woman's left leg was blown off when she stepped on an old landmine while digging for edible roots on the Thai-Cambodian border in Sa Kaew's Khok Sung district on Thursday morning.

The accident was reported to Wuthidanai Sawasdinarunart, the Khok Sung district chief.

He rushed to Ban Nong Chan in tambon Non Mak Mun along with Pol Lt-Col Sawat Boonman, commander of Border Patrol Police Company 126, after being informed.

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