Myanmar junta soldiers killed an elderly woman and injured two men when they fired long-range rockets into Chaung Hnitkwa Village in Karen State’s Than Daung Gyi Township on 17 June.

The missile attack followed a two-hour battle, from 8:00 a.m to 10:00 a.m. on 17 June near to Chaung Hnitkwa Village, between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and junta forces.

The missiles were fired from the 16-Mile military camp in Than Daung Gyi Township, also near to Chaung Hnitkwa Village.

“In total three people were hit. An elderly woman died on the spot and the two injured people were taken to Taungoo Hospital with serious injuries”, a KNLA Brigade 2 source said to Mizzima.

There are frequent clashes between the junta and revolutionary forces in Than Daung Gyi Township and the junta soldiers frequently fire artillery into villages in the township, killing and injuring locals.

According to Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica, an independent, non-partisan nongovernmental organisation, in the week from 7 to 13 June 2023, there were 79 civilian casualties in Myanmar. Of those, 50 died and 29 were injured. They were as a result air strikes, heavy weapons, land mines, shootings and oppression.