Narinjara News, 1 November 2022
Three members of a Rakhine family along with their four cows were killed and three houses also gotdamaged by the shelling of Junta forceslast night.
The victims have been identified as U Soe Win (45 years old), his wife Daw Than Than Wai (b) Daw Puke (44) andtheir school going daughter Ma PhyoPhyo Wai (13), hailingfrom Pisi village under Kyauk Taw townshiplocated at upper Kaladan river.
A person close to the family informed that the sakakha (9) military headquarters fired the shells with 10heavy weapons and their indiscriminateshelling hit the northern part of Pisi village.
"Everyone was sleeping at the time. The shells fell near their house. The pieces of shells hit them and threemembers died on the spot. Some cattlewere also killed and injured. Their son is working in Malaysia. As the firing started two other nextdoor families succesfully ran to enter in bomb shelters. But the three-member family was not lucky,” he added.
The father and daughter sustained injuries on their left chests and the mother faced serious injury on her hand.
On 29 October, heavy weapons were engaged for firing by the 539th army battalion based in Kan Souk of KyaukTaw locality. The fired shells hitSin Ma Kyaw village and it destroyed two houses and also injured a minor student.