Civil society groups in Rakhine state expressed sorrow and anger over the death of a seven-year-old boy two days after he was wounded in an attack last weekend by government troops on Thamee Hla village, in Rakhine’s Rathetaung Township RFA reported.

The boy, Naing Soe, was one of three people who were caught in the crossfire Saturday when Myanmar’s army was allegedly firing into the village to retaliate against a landmine ambush against their column earlier that day.

Fighting between Myanmar soldiers and the Arakan Army intensified in northern Rakhine following deadly coordinated attacks by Arakan fighters on police outposts in neighboring Buthidaung township on Jan. 4.