May 31 (UPI) -- Fifty-five people were killed, including six children, in an accidental detonation of mining explosives in a rebel-held area of Myanmar, the armed group said Sunday. The Palaung Self Liberation Front/Ta'ang National Liberation Army, also known as the PSLF/TNLA, said in a statement that many others were also hurt in the blast, which happened Sunday afternoon local time in northern Shan State. Rescuers told the Shwe Phee Myay News Agency the entire village of Kaung Tat in Namkham

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