September 21st, 2022
A 31-year-old pregnant woman was killed and four family members, including a youth, injured by the military council’s artillery shelling in Kyauktaw Township in Arakan State.
At 1 am on September 20th, the sounds of the persistent firing of heavy shells from No.9 Military Operations Command (MOC) were heard. Daw Ma Yaung from Gaungtoke village in Kyauktaw Township died of cardiac arrest as she heard the sounds of artillery shells, her relatives said.
She was buried in the village graveyard on the afternoon of September 20th.
At around 4.30 pm on September 20th, the heavy weapon fired by the military council’s No.9 MOC landed in Nargayar village on the upstream of Kaladan River in Kyauktaw Township, seriously injuring four family members.
The injured are: Daw Ma Yin Oo,65, Daw Ma Yin Oo’s daughter Daw Oo Yin Than, 42, Daw Oo Yin Than’s sons Grade-11 student Maung Myo Naing Win, 17 and Grade-7 student Maung Min Hein Soe, 13.
“The heavy shell landed on the house while the family members were having a conversation. The heavy shell caused minor damages to the house,” the villager said.
The nurse from the village is providing treatment to the injured as they are unable to go to Kyauktaw Township for medical treatment due to the blockage of waterways and roads connecting Kyauktaw Township, the villagers said.
Currently, the military council has blocked waterways and motor roads connecting Kyauktaw.
The Myanmar army is carrying out persistent firing of heavy weapons till this morning. At 11.30 pm on September 20th, one heavy shell fired by the military landed on the house of U Aung Kyaw Min from Nargayar village, destroying his house and a Honda machine, a villager said.
At around 6 pm on September 19th, the Arakan Army (AA) attacked two military vessels loaded with many soldiers who will be sent to Paletwa, with heavy weapons when the vessels stopped near the bank of Kaladan River in front of the camp near No.9 MOC near Nargayar village in Kyauktaw Township. In response, No.9 MOC constantly fired heavy shells, locals say.
Sent by Khaing Lu Hla (Yoma Myay)