Fleeing soldiers from Myaung Bway police station open fired on Muslim village taking 4 villagers as human shields

Following the capture of Myaung Bway police station in Mrauk-U township of Rakhine State at around 2 am  on Saturday by the  Arakan Army (AA), the  junta troops fled  from their station and later abducted four Muslim villagers to use as human shields.

The abducted  Muslim villagers are  U Budah Ali (52 years old), Maung Ah Bulu (13), U Maw Kyar Ali (56) and U Marcede (38) from Tha Yet Cho (Muslim) village near Maung Nyo Kyun area.

According to a villager, who spoke to Narinjara News, the Muslim individuals were abducted from their paddy field by the junta soldiers after fleeing from Myaung Bway police station on 30 December in the morning hours.

"Maung Nyo Kyun and Tha Yet Cho (Muslim) villages are closer in location. When the junta forces retreated they abducted those Muslim villagers. Pi Pin Yin Muslim village also faced  gunfire attacks," said the villager.

The exact number of junta troops and police personnel fleeing is yet to be known. They headed towards the 540 military battalion stationed at the entrance of Mrauk-U township, which is approximately 10 miles away from Myaung Bway.

On 28 December, the AA launched an attack on the police station, where a group of junta soldiers were stationed by 6 am.

On Saturday morning, the police station was captured and nine junta soldiers surrendered their weapons to the AA.