Seven Villagers Killed by Heavy Artillery in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Occurred in Myanmar on March 22, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.
Reported by Ko Min via Internet on March 24, 2019 at 9:20 a.m.
Reported by Ko Min via Internet on March 24, 2019 at 9:20 a.m.
# Rakhine
# killed
# Heavy
# artillery
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Seven civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were killed by artillery fire Friday during what the government claims was a battle between Myanmar’s military and the rebel Arakan Army (AA) at Si Taung Gyi village in Buthidaung township. The AA said there was no fighting in the area.
Villagers told RFA’s Myanmar Service that the government’s attack occurred at about 10 p.m. local time. The village had been vacated by the time inspectors arrived on the scene after the incident.
“They fled to a nearby village in Buthidaung township,” said Tun Aung Thien, a Rakhine state parliament member from the township.
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