Junta’s indiscriminate artillery attacks kill child in Yar Phu village

September 10, 2025

HURFOM: On September 8^th, 2025, despite there being no active armed clash in the area, the military junta targeted Yar Phu village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division with indiscriminate artillery attacks that killed a three-year-old child and severely injured a 40-year-old man.

The regiment based in Ma Yan Chaung village launched three artillery attacks with shells that exploded on houses in Yar Phu village.

Debris from one of the exploding shells killed three-year-old Ma Ngwe Hmone Oo.

“It’s bad to make a wrong decision. Everyone has decided to leave the village but we decided to stay. I’ve been going crazy since I lost my daughter,” said the mother of Ma Ngwe Hmone Oo.

Ma Ngwe Hmone Oo’s family is native to Mome Township, Pegu Division and they had migrated to Yar Phu village to earn a living.

The army also arrested her father Ko Thura Aung in the evening of September 8^th and has not released him yet, according to sources close to the family.

Debris from the artillery explosion also penetrated the lower leg of 40-year-old Ko Win Shwe and broke his bone.

“When he heard the army coming close to the village, he ran away. But he also heard the army was arresting villagers just outside the village perimeter, so he decided to come back home and hide. That is when the artillery shells dropped and exploded and he sustained an injury to his leg,” said a Yar Phu villager.

Ko Shwe Win has been receiving medical treatment at the Ye General Hospital.

After launching indiscriminate artillery attacks, the junta’s regiment entered Yar Phu village and arrested eight villagers.

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