YANGON: One person was killed and 23 wounded at a Myanmar school on Tuesday after a student picked up an unexploded grenade fired during fighting between the military and its opponents, the junta said.
A “40mm grenade” exploded after the student handled it in the school in the southern city of Dawei, the junta’s information team said in a statement.
The grenade had been fired by “insurgents” during previous clashes, it said, without providing further details.
It did not give details on the condition of the 22 other students and a parent who it said were wounded in the blast.
The junta’s information team said a mine clearance operation had been carried out in the area.
Local media reported that the incident happened at a primary school.
Myanmar remains deeply divided by conflict between the junta and opponents of its 2021 coup.
Civilians are caught up in near-daily bomb blasts, targeted killings and clashes as established ethnic minority armed groups and newer pro-democracy “People’s Defence Forces” fight the junta across swathes of the country.
