Mandalay, Myanmar, March 30, 2025 (AFP) - Myanmar rescuers lose battle to save pregnant woman trapped in building

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2025-03-30

A pregnant woman whose leg was amputated to free her after more than two days trapped in a collapsed Mandalay apartment block was pronounced dead shortly afterwards, AFP journalists at the scene saw. Rescuers thought they had saved the life of Mathu Thu Lwin but were unable to resuscitate her after extracting her from the wreckage of the Sky Villa Condominium apartment complex, demolished by a huge earthquake which hit Myanmar on Friday. It was a......

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