NAYPYITAW, 26 October 2021, (TON): Junta soldiers and their armed supporters murdered four civilians on Friday during raids on two villages in Sagaing Region’s Khin-U Township that were aimed at flushing out resistance fighters, witnesses told media. 

About 10 troops and 20 members of the military-backed Pyu Saw Htee group arrived at Ba Oe village at around 5am and shot villagers on sight. Thein Tint, 40, was murdered while watering his crops, while 35-year-old Nan Lwin was shot while running away.

Villagers later found the body of Mya Win, 50, in his home.

One of the villagers said “we decided to check his house at the edge of the village and we found him with the top of his head missing.”

“There were no other injuries. I think they shot him in the head at close-range.”

The villager added “he was not in a condition to be able to defend himself as he was sick.”

“His wife managed to escape but he had to stay behind because of his health.”

The fourth person, 27-year-old Chit San Maung, was killed when around 20 soldiers raided the nearby village of Inn Pat.