By Xinhua
Yangon : Three people have been killed and four injured in separate mine blasts in two states of Myanmar, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Wednesday.
The villagers died when they stepped on the mines allegedly planted by insurgents in Ye township in southeastern Mon state and Kyaukkyi township in northeastern Kayin state Monday, the report said.
This year, the state-run media has been reporting of some shooting incidents by insurgents in the military ruled country, which was rocked by Monks-led pro-democracy protests recently.
In June, 27 people were killed and 11 wounded in two shooting incidents by unidentified insurgent groups in Kayin and Kayah states.
In early September, an anti-government ethnic armed group allegedly launched an artillery attack on a Thai hydropower project in Kayin state killing a worker.
The authorities charged the Kayin National Union (KNU) armed group for the attack.
Since the government adopted a policy of national reconciliation in 1989, 17 main anti-government armed groups have made peace with the government, returning to the legal fold under respective cease-fire agreements.