Couple shot and injured while traveling on Ye – Thanbyuzayat Road
April 5, 2023
HURFOM: At about 6:30 am on April 1, 2023, a couple traveling by car to Mawlamyine were shot and injured by Burmese soldiers on the Ye – Thanbyuzayat Road. The shooting occurred between the Bay Lamine and Aye Kabar villages, in Ye Township, Mon State.
“When going to pick up the patients, we’d heard that they (encountered an armed clash between the military junta and the People’s Defense Force and). They were caught in a crossfire between the two sides. Their car was hit by bullets about 20 times. We sent them to the Mawlamyine General Hospital,” said an official from the Lamine Rescue Team.
The wife sustained injuries to her left leg while the husband injured his back.
Since the coup, armed clashes involving the junta and the PDF armed forces have occurred frequently along the Ye – Thanbyuzayat Road.
“Armed clashes have happened very often in that part of the roadway. Travelers are shot and injured and sometimes there are casualties,” said a local villager.
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