At least three people were killed and more than 4,000 displaced in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region, in Myanmar junta raids, according to residents.
A vehicle was reportedly caught up in a shooting on Monday, killing a passenger at a junta checkpoint at the entrance of Shwebo town.
U Paw Tun of Kawlin Township was shot through the head, according to residents.
“They opened fire at a motorcycle that didn’t stop at a checkpoint. It narrowly escaped the shooting but another vehicle was hit,” a witness said.
The victim was returning from Mandalay after receiving medical treatment and was allowed to remain seated in the vehicle while other passengers got out to pass through the checkpoint.
On Saturday, two bodies were discovered in Bone Bweit village, according to Burma Ranger Shwebo, a resistance group.
“A villager and another man on a motorcycle were killed by junta infantry in the village,” a representative of the group said.
Sources said six Maung Tet villagers remain missing after they were detained by infantry troops on August 1.
On Monday, junta troops torched Ywar Thit Kone village, destroying a primary school which was being used to shelter displaced people.
“They burned all their belongings and planted landmines in the village,” a resistance member said.
A woman sustained leg injuries after triggering a junta landmine in Ywar Thit village, he added.
Pro-junta Telegram channels reported that junta troops seized several homemade weapons and bombs after fighting broke out with resistance forces near Ywar Thit village on Monday.
The Irrawaddy was unable to verify the reports.
At least 150 houses from three villages in the township have been incinerated by junta troops since early September, displacing more than 4,000 people, according to resistance forces.
“Over 4,000 displaced people are sheltering at monasteries and we urgently need food for them,” a Shwebo volunteer said.
Sources said at least four groups of junta infantry remain active in the township.
