4 killed, 16 injured in Myaung Bway conflict: Three Brotherhood Alliance

On 28 December, during the battle at Myaung Bway police station in Mrauk-U township of Rakhine State, the junta forces indiscriminately fired artillery shells at different villages and the tragic incident led to killing of four individuals, including three youths, and injuring 16 others, said a statement issued by Three Brotherhood Alliance.

The deceased individuals include two young Muslim men from Kaing Taw village, one Muslim woman from Bu Ta Lone village and a 12-year-old Muslim girl from Paung Toke village.

The injured persons include one child and two Muslim girls from Kaing Taw village, one Muslim man from Bu Ta Lone village, and four Muslim men from Paung Toke village.

On 18 December at around 6 am, the Arakan Army (AA) members initiated an attack on the Myaung Bway police station, situated along the Mrauk-U-Minbya highway, where the junta troops and police personnel were stationed.

In relation to the conflict, the statement indicated that the junta's 540th and 377th light infantry battalions, stationed in Mrauk-U township, as well as the Kyaing Taung battalion in Minbya township, continuously launched the artillery shells from 2 am to  7 am.

At 1 pm, two young Muslim men were killed, and two young girls along with four men sustained injuries  in Kaing Taw village by four airstrikes of  junta soldiers.

Kaing Taw village also caught fire after the airstrikes, added the statement.

Several houses in the village and some structures outside Myaung Bway village were also damaged.

Airstrikes conducted by the junta's jet fighters resulted in the killing of a Muslim woman at Bu Ta Lone village near the Myaung Bway bridge. One man also sustained serious injuries and he lost a leg.

At approximately 10 am on 28 December, the Mrauk-U-based 540th and 377th light infantry battalions intentionally fired artillery shells for ten times. Two artillery shells exploded in Paung Toke village, killing a 12-year-old Muslim girl and injuring four men.

The statement also indicated that a skirmish occurred between the AA members and junta soldiers  in front of the Ponna Kyunt substation at around 11:30 am.

During 24 to 28 December, when the junta forces intentionally targeted Pauktaw township as well as the urban wards of Mrauk-U township with airstrikes and artillery shells, at least 18 civilians lost their lives,  22 got  injured.

The junta forces, facing defeats on all fronts, are seemingly targeting the civilians indulging in war crimes. 

"We would like to inform you that we are doing our best to fulfil the wishes of the Myanmar people," stated Three Brotherhood Alliance in their statement on the occasion of 63rd day of Operation 1027.