NAYPYITAW, 25 September 2021, (TON): At least four civilians were killed during a military raid on a village in Mandalay Region’s Natogyi Township on Monday night, according to local sources and a relative of the victims.

At around midnight, junta troops entered Shaw Hpyu village while firing their weapons, forcing residents to flee. 

a relative of the victims told media “four members of the same household were killed on the spot when the soldiers fired into their home during the raid.”

Two more members of the family, 50-year-old Daw Nyunt and 30-year-old Kyaw Thu Khin, were seriously injured in the shooting and at the time of reporting were undergoing treatment at Mandalay General Hospital.

Also shot in the leg was an 18-month-old boy, Zwe Htet Maw, whose condition could not be confirmed at the time of reporting. 

The deceased included Bo Khin, 76; Daw Than, 75; Maung Tun, around 50 and Maw Htay, 30.

Their relative said “Junta troops buried them on Tuesday morning at the Natogyi cemetery.”

“All seven members of the household were affected,” a local said. “Now the burial is over, so there is nothing we can do.”