Artillery attacks injure two local men in Tenasserim

October 17, 2023

HURFOM: On October 11, 2023, two local men from Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division were injured by the artillery attacks launched by the military junta.

The 557th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) based in Out King village, Tenasserim Township and the 558th LIB based in Kamma Line village launched indiscriminate and unprovoked artillery attacks. These attacks injured a 14-year-old young boy from Lel Taung Yar village and another local man from Ta Moke Chone village.

“The injured teenager is a student. The artillery shell dropped and exploded beside their house. He suffered injuries to his arm and bottom,” said a Lel Taung Yar resident.

The injured victims were sent to Myeik General Hospital for further treatment.

“Those military units targeted Chay Taw Yar Mount nearby Lel Taung Yar village. There was no house at the base of the Mount. Seven artillery shells dropped and exploded at the base of the Mount but four shells dropped and exploded near houses,” said a local source.

In September, 2023, the military junta launched artillery attacks on Ma Ma Taung, Ban Law, Chauk Mile, East Maw Tone and West Maw Tone villages of Tenasserim Division which killed and injured local villagers and damaged homes.

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