Junta artillery destroys 400 homes, kills 5 in southern Myanmar
Most residents had left the village to avoid getting caught up in armed conflict before the attack.
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Most residents had left the village to avoid getting caught up in armed conflict before the attack.
On March 27, a Junta military vessel in Gyaing River shelled Dhammatha village in Kyaikmaraw Township, Mon State, igniting fires that consumed numerous village homes. As of the evening, the fire was still spreading, and locals reported that it had not yet been brought under control or extinguished. "The village was targeted and shelled by a military vessel in the Gyaing River,
During this year's planting season, local villagers have reported that the Light Infantry Battalions 545 and 546, based in Kyondoe Township, have issued orders to halt rice cultivation in the farmlands surrounding the villages where the military is stationed. Furthermore, it has been mandated that only a maximum of three individuals are permitted to be present at the
Junta employing air and artillery strikes as ongoing fighting near the Myanmar-Thailand frontier halts border trade.