Five civilians were killed on Tuesday after mortar shells hit a village in Rakhine state, Anadolu Agency reported.

Pe Than, a lower house lawmaker from Myebon township, told Anadolu Agency by phone that two 7-year-old children and three women were killed, and eight others wounded when Four mortar shells landed in Nyaungkan village in Myebon township.

No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.