Junta’s Artillery Shelling Kills Four and Injures Ten in Karen State
October 23, 2025
HURFOM: On October 20, 2025, junta forces launched indiscriminate artillery fire on Phar Baung Village in Hpa-An Township, Karen State, killing four civilians and injuring at least ten others.
Local residents confirmed that there had been no active clashes in the area at the time of the attack.
According to HURFOM field sources, the junta regiment based in Ka Ma Maung Town fired three heavy artillery shells into the village late in the afternoon.
“The shelling started around 5:30 p.m. Four villagers were killed on the spot. The injured were taken to Ka Ma Maung General Hospital for emergency treatment,” a local source reported.
Among the victims were men and women who had been at home when the shells struck.
The attack caused widespread panic among nearby communities. Phar Baung and surrounding villages, which fall under the 5th Brigade of the Karen National Union (KNU) in Phar Pon District, have been repeatedly targeted by junta forces through artillery and air assaults.
Later that night, junta forces also dropped bombs from a Y-12 aircraft over Htee Phoe San Village in Kaw Ka Rate Township, destroying a monastery, a pagoda, a local school, and several homes.
Residents told HURFOM that since February 2025, the junta has been reinforcing its troop presence in Ka Ma Maung Town, intensifying military activity and heightening fear across Hpa-An and nearby townships.
Civilians continue to live under constant threat of violence, with no safe zones remaining in the conflict-affected areas of Karen State.
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