The junta’s shelling killed two civilians including a 12-year-old child in Moebye Township on 6 June. Junta soldiers also shot three pedestrians dead, the persons helping the refugees in Moebye.
“Yesterday, shelling hit and killed a child and an adult. We can confirm two or three corpses of people who have not yet been picked up. The adult died in the evening as he failed to receive medical treatment. The child died in the morning,” the person helping the refugees said.
The 12-year-old child was hit by the heavy shell when he went back home with his father to bring rice yesterday morning.
He died because he was caught in the middle of the battle and could not receive medical treatment in time.
Heavy shell hit and killed a 50-year-old man who was cleaning his house in Kwatthit ward in Moebye.
In the evening, an elderly woman was shocked and died due to the sound of a heavy shell, according to those helping the refugees.
Likewise, three men were shot dead by the military council on the way to the farm. The victims cannot be identified as it is inconvenient to carry the dead bodies due to ongoing fighting, said those helping the refugees.
Since early June, fighting has been taking place between the military council which entered Moebye in large numbers and a combined defence force. The constant artillery shelling by the military council’s battalions killed civilians and destroyed houses.
The military council carried out indiscriminate artillery shelling into the town before fighting. The junta fires heavy shells into civilian targets on purpose every day.
“Our revolutionary forces attacked the junta troops stationed in the compound of Sikar-2 monastery. The junta suffered heavy casualties. The junta fired heavy shells in retaliation to heavy casualties. Pedestrians were also shot dead,” said an in-charge of Buffalo Horn Company under Moebye PDF.
On 5 June, a child aged below 10 was killed by heavy shelling. Local defense forces have urged locals to take shelter in safer places as tension mounts in Moebye.
Sent by Kantarawaddy Times
