Mizzima

Four villagers died and six were injured when the junta fired artillery into Tanawgyun Village in Waw Township, Bago Region, at about 2:30 p.m. on 7 November.

A villager from Tanawgyun Village said: “The three artillery shells struck Thaekwin Harbour, which is near to our village. Most of the injured worked with boats. All of them were ordinary civilians. One of the victims was a woman.”

The dead were named as: U Kyaw Myint, Ko Aung San Oo, Ko Aung Ko, and Ko Kyaw Lin Tun. The injured villagers are receiving treatment at Bago Township Hospital. 

The shelling of Tanawgyun Village was believed to be retaliation for an attack earlier that day on a junta camp on the Yangon to Mawlamyaing Highway near Ingapo Village in neighbouring Kyaikhto Township, according to a defence force source.

He said that junta forces frequently fired on civilians after suffering large losses in battles and called these “desperate and unfavourable tactics.” Resistance forces have condemned such tactics saying they are clear violations of human rights.

Three women from Hngetpyawtaw Village, in Kyaikhto Township were injured by junta artillery fire last month, according to the Karen National Union (KNU)