Elderly woman killed by junta’s artillery attack in Long Lone
April 30, 2024
On April 25th, 2024, an 80-year-old woman from Htein Thit Ward, Long Lone Town,
Tenasserim Division was killed by the junta’s artillery attack.
The military regiment based in Long Lone Police Station launched an indiscriminate artillery attack and one of the artillery shells exploded in the compound of Grandma Daw Khin Aye’s house and killed the house owner.
“She just returned from a funeral house and was hit and killed by the artillery attack when she entered her house compound. The Long Lone Police Station is responsible for the attack. There was an armed clash in the morning,” said a Long Lone resident.
On April 3rd, 2024, a man from Thar Yar Gone village, Long Lone Township was also killed by the junta’s artillery attack.
According to local sources, the junta’s regiment based in Long Lone Town frequently launches indiscriminate artillery attacks from the outskirts of the town even when there are no active armed clashes, forcing residents to move out and find a safe shelter.
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