Blast kills four children in Myanmar's Rakhine

Myanmar police officer standing guard in Maungdaw, Rakhine. 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. - Reuters

YANGON: 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.