Over 7,000 people including the elderly, pregnant women, and newborn babies who require immediate medical attention have had to flee Khin-Township in Sagaing due to junta soldiers burning down homes.

Amongst those who fled are over 100 elderly people, pregnant women, babies and a pair of newborn twins, who all require medical care, according to the Khin-U Township True News and Information Team.

Junta troops destroyed Kalon Village in Khin-U Township on 7 March. A woman of more than 90 years of age was killed as she tried to flee the destruction and a child from Monhla Village was hit by an artillery shell.

internally displaced people (IDPs) were killed three days in a row by junta artillery shells fired into villages in Khin-U Township, according to a local resident.

Junta soldiers have burned down 68 villages destroying over 4,000 houses in Khin-U Township.

The Khin-U Township True News and Information Team said that junta troops are still in the area and it has called for urgent assistance for the people displaced from their homes in the township.