Two Nawngpyit villagers in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State, who had fled their homes, were killed by a landmine blast while briefly returning to retrieve their belongings. The two victims, internally displaced people (IDPs) who had temporarily sheltered in Pangmaloke Village, were killed around 3:00 pm on September 21 while riding a motorbike back to Nawngpyit. “They were killed by a landmine while going back briefly to collect some belongings they had left behind. With no demining operations or security guarantees, about 200 Nawngpyit IDPs have been sheltering in makeshift shacks in the forests near Pangmaloke Village for the past three months. In a previous incident on September 18, 40-year-old Sai Kyaw Thein lost his right leg to a landmine in his yard while briefly returning to Nawngpyit Village to retrieve his belongings.