Two Burmese army personnel were killed and two others wounded in an explosion of landmine inside their territory on the Burma- Bangladesh border on 21st October 2002, said a villager.
The explosion was occurred at about 10.00 am (local time) between pillar Nos. 40 and 41 at the Nasaka area No. 2, Barua Para at under Line Thi village tract about 38 miles north of Maungdaw town, Arakan State. The landmines had been set in the no-man’s land along
the 131 miles Burma-Bangladesh land border in their bid to prevent trespassers and insurgent groups by the Burma Border Security Force (Nasaka), said an ex-village Chairman.

According to a eyewitness, a villager of Barua Para told our source that while he was going to the forest for cutting wood adjacent to the camp, suddenly he heard the explosion of the landmine and he had gone into hiding and watching the spot from a distance that he could see the sight well. Other fellows carried about half an hour later two dead body and another two wounded soldiers towards their camp.

When asked the Rohingya National Army (RNA) told that the Nasaka together with the army planted the landmines for the insurgence (rebellion) groups but they themselves tragically fell into their own trap. They also said that 2 armies were killed on the spot and another three were wounded while they were going to check the border pillars by mistakenly stepping on the landmine.

Bangladesh Government compelled the Burmese junta to remove the landmines trough vigorous diplomatic campaign since 1993. Though Burmese junta had removed some of the landmines set by Nasaka, but most of them remained un-removed despite heavy pressure from Bangladesh side. Last year, the Nasaka forces secretly again planted landmines along the Burma-Bangladesh border. But, Bangladesh Government had removed by its own arrangement, the landmines set by Nasaka in its territory, said BRCT (Bangladesh Rehabilitation Center for Tranma Victims).