NAYPYITAW, 30 September 2021, (TON): Chinland Defence Force (CDF) fighters said “they found the bodies of three civilians on Monday who were shot dead by junta troops in the conflict-hit town of Kanpetlet, which like most areas of Chin State has been cut off from the internet. 

The CDF’s deputy brigade commander said that the bodies belonged to a 30-year-old man from Kyawt Taw village named Kwi Awm and two men from Kan Laung village named Lei Hong, who was 60, and Lei Aung, who was 30.

He said “they were shot and killed at an airport construction site three miles from Kanpetlet.”

Lei Hong and Lei Aung’s bodies were burned and thrown into a drainage ditch while Kwi Awm was found with a bullet wound in his head.

He said that the two from Kan Laung village lived on their farms. They were coming back to the village on motorcycles for personal reasons. I think they were shot on the way. The two men had fled their village amid recent fighting and had been staying in a camp for displaced people.

The deputy brigade commander said “the one from Kyawt Taw village was shot on his way to pick up the ones coming back from the camp.”

The bodies were found on Monday after the departure of junta soldiers who had been staying at the airport construction site since last week.