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Thousands join funeral of Min Bya school teacher died in army shelling



Narinjara News, 20 October 2022

Thousands of local people joined the funeral of Daw Ma Mya Saw (49 years old), the school teacher who died in army firing in Min Bya township of Rakhine State on Wednesday.

The funeral took place at 1:30 pm on 19 October at Min Bya cemetery.

The teacher was hit by a shell fired by army personnel on 17 October and she died on the spot.

After the Arakan Army members attacked a group of Burmese military personnel in the morning hours, the security forces opened fire with heavy weapons and some of those fell on Daunk Chaung Gyi village primary school under Min Bya township.

"More than 4,000 people accompanied the teacher on her last journey. Attending the funeral they paid respects to her and at the same time sent a message with anger against the army authority," said a villager.

The victim lived with her family at Pythaawtha ward of Min Bya but the tragety incident took place while she was teaching in the school of Daunk Chaung Gyi village on the day.

He added that the teacher was working at school till 3 pm. Then the Min Bya based LIB 541, 379th and 380th battalions fired with heavy weapons tagetting several locations.

Same day, two sisters namely Ma Hla San Yau (23) and Ma San Ui Soe (10) hailing from Pha Long Pyin village were also killed by heavy weapon bullets from the Min Bya based junta forces.

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