Due to artillery shelling by the military counciltroops, four individuals were injured, and one woman died of heart ailments inKan Htaung Gyi town under  Myebon township of  Rakhine State.

A resident of Kan Htaung Gyi town  informedNarinjara News that due to an artillery shelling from Kazu Kaing mountain inAnn township at around 7:30 pm on 17 December, two woman and two men sustained injuries.

"The artillery shells were fired  from KazuKaing mountain at 7:30 pm. About 10 minutes later, an artillery shell fell inthe town and injured four people. One man sustained injuries on his leg and theothers were however not seriously injured. I could not sleep the whole night,”he added.

On the other hand, a 63-year-old woman with some heartproblems died due to continuous artillery shelling by the soldiers. Thedeceased has been identified as Daw May Yi Mya from Ah Lel Pine ward.

 "She had a heart problem. We used to hearthe sound of gunfire since the fighting in Ann township began. They firedfrequently towards Myebon township. That's why the woman suffered a severeheart problem,” he added.

The middle-aged school teacher Daw Khin Khin Than washit on her hand, 38-year-old Daw Lin Lin Swe was hit on her back, young MaungArr Kyel was hit on the hip and Maung Thayet Taung was hit on her leg. They allhail from Taung Pine ward.

The residents also informed that the windows of apost-primary school in Taung Pine ward were also damaged by the shelling.

Local residents revealed that the  Arakan Army(AA) and military personnel have been fighting in the Kazu Kaing area in Myebon Township.

At around 11 am on 13 December, Taw Hein Hill-basedcamp of the military council based in Kazu Kaing village under  Anntownship deliberately targeted the villagers. Because of the

indiscriminate artillery firing, a 54-year-old manfrom Ah Htet Ywar Haung village under Dalet Chaung village-tract of AnnTownship sustained injuries.

During the gun fighting in Rakhine State nearly 30 civilians were killed andover 100 were injured in one month.