One woman killed and four injured in Hnit Ka Yin artillery explosion
June 12, 2023
HURFOM: On June 8, 2023, artillery shells were dropped on Hnit Ka Yin village, Ye Township, Mon State. The explosion killed a local woman and injured four others.
The Wel Fel based Artillery Battalion launched the attack which hit a house in Ward #5, near the Chinese cemetery.
“At about 8 am, about 20 members of an unknown armed group entered the village and they openly fired their guns and arrested the Administrator. Soon after the incident, the artillery battalion launched two consecutive artillery attacks,” said a villager.
A 25-year-old woman was initially injured by the artillery explosion and sent to the hospital but she died enroute. Another four villagers were injured when approximately 20 houses were destroyed in the artillery attack.
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