Burma
Myanmar Junta Artillery Kills Three Civilians in Chin State
Chin Defence Force Mindat members
By The Irrawaddy 16 June 2022
Three civilians from Mindat Township in Chin State were killed by Myanmar junta artillery on Thursday.
A man in his 70s, a woman in her 60s and a woman in her 30s from Moei Twei village were farming near the village when the Mindat-based Light Infantry Battalion 274 fired shells.
Despite a lack of fighting junta troops fire artillery at civilian villages everyday, according to the Chin Defence Force (CDF) in Mindat.
A CDF spokesman said: “This is deliberate shooting at innocent civilians. We will respond strongly.”
An 11-year-old lost a leg and a women was injured by artillery in the township last month.
