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Blast Kills 4 Children in Myanmar's Rakhine State

Agence France-Presse

   YANGON, MYANMAR - Four children were killed and five injured alongside
   their teacher as an explosion hit while they collected firewood in an
   area of Myanmar's Rakhine state beset by fighting between the military
   and Arakan Army (AA) rebels.

   It was not immediately clear what caused the blast or who was behind
   it.

   The conflict has seen scores of civilians killed, hundreds wounded and
   some 100,000 displaced in the past year as the AA fights for more
   autonomy for ethnic Rakhine Buddhists.

   The blast happened Tuesday morning in Htaikhtoo Pauk village in
   Buthidaung township, deputy administrator Hla Shwe told AFP.

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