October 26, 2022
Locals are worrying about the junta’s airstrikes as the clashes between the military council, the Border Guard Force (BGF) and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) continues in Kataingti village in Mutraw (Hpapun) District in Karen State, according to a local.
The military council’s surveillance flights are flying in Bawkyohta, Bawkyolae, Kanyindone, Noephawhtee and Hteethaelay villages located near Kataingti village which is the territory controlled by the KNU’s Brigade-5, at midnight.
“The BGF threatened that they shall fire heavy shells into the village if they get attacked. The BGF has opened a lot of gates in the village. Now, there are frequent shootings. The surveillance flights are flying in the sky. The villagers are worrying about the junta’s bombardments as the houses are very close. The villages are very adjacent. The sounds of heavy shells are always heard. We cannot go to our farms when the fighting erupts,” a local from Kataingti told the KIC.
On October 24, an eight-year-old child was killed and two others injured as a combined force of the military council and the BGF in Kataiti village in Dwelo Township in Mutraw (Hpapun) District.
After the KNU captured some key base camps of the military council in the KNU’s Brigade-5, the military council conducted airstrikes on the KNU’s base camps and the villages. Currently, the KNU has issued a regional order to make necessary preparations for the protection against the junta’s airstrikes.
There are growing concerns among locals as surveillance flights and jet fighters are flying around the clock in the conflict-affected areas in Karen State.
Sent by KIC.