Verified
YES

Fire mortar injured parents and children

  • Incident Incident
  • Nearby Incident Nearby Incident

Incident Report Description

The two battalions of SPDC together with two battalions of DKBA combine together and they fired heavy gun to villages and villagers got injured.

SPDC Light Infantry Battalion 545 and 547 combine with DKBA battalion 907 and 909 led by battalion commander Mya Khin, he is a third Battalion Commander. They go to upper A' Ler village and fired a heavy gun to Kyakawa village on 29 October 2009 at 4:00 pm. The reason that they fired heavy gun is that they overhear the KNU soldiers entered to the village.

Following they fired gun to the village, one two years old child of 19 years old mother Naw Ma Oo Yei died and she herself got seriously injured. Naw Ma Oo Yei was sent to Kawkaerik hospital immediately. Some of villagers' animal also died and injured for this activity.
Credibility: UP  DOWN  0
ADDITIONAL REPORTS AND DISCUSSION   (Add)

Related Mainstream News of Incident

May 18 2012May 18 2012May 18 2012May 18 2012May 18 2012
TITLE SOURCE DATE
80 Burmese workers rescued from shrimp factory Burma News Inte...
Burma Army still using torture and forced... Burma News Inte...
KIO urges Ban's UN intervene in Kachin conflict Burma News Inte...
U.N. chief calls for end to fighting in... Burma News Inte...
Thein Sein ill, resting at home Burma News Inte...

Incident Report(s)

TITLE LOCATION DATE
TPDC arbitrary tax demands in Mudon Township balloonMudon myanmarJan 10 2010
SPDC soldiers raped and shot dead two Karen women, when they took offensive in KNU Brigade (7) areaKwe Laaw P’loe village, Lu Pleh (Hlaing Bwe) Township, Hpa-an District, Karen StateJun 12 2009
Arbitrary taxation increasing in Mudon TownshipTaungkalay village, Mudon Township, Mon StateSep 5 2009
Travel restrictions resisted Mon StateThanbyuzayat, Mon StateAug 12 2009
Frustrated by military abuses, young Mon men join Rehmonnya groupKo Du Kwe, Karen, MyanmarJul 19 2009

Name:
E-Mail:
Comments:
Security Code:
Captcha