Two killed, one wounded by heavy shelling in Thaton Township

By MPM 16 May, 2022 👁

May 16th, 2022

Heavy shelling fired by the military landed in a rubber plantation near Wiyaw village in Thaton Township in Mon State on May 11st, killing a couple and one rubber plantation worker.

A local said: “Heavy shell hit three rubber plantation workers. The female worker died on the spot. Her husband died at Thaton Township People’s Hospital.”

The victims killed by the heavy shelling are U Chit Po, 56 and his wife Daw Thazin Hlaing, 49, from Theinseik ward in Thuwunnati town in Thaton Township.

The worker who was seriously wounded is in stable condition.

The couple has three children.

Sent by the MNA.