NAYPYITAW, 14 December 2021, (TON): According to local sources “four people were shot dead in Mandalay over the weekend in three separate incidents that took place between late Saturday night and early.”

The first shooting was reported in Mandalay’s Chanayethazan Township, where residents told Myanmar Now that they heard multiple gunshots after around 10pm.

People living on 28th Street, where the shooting occurred, said “they did not learn until the next morning that one person had been killed and three others were injured in the incident.”

A man who asked to remain anonymous said “we could hear gunshots all over the neighbourhood. There were two barrages of gunfire. We thought there had been clashes at the ward and township administration offices.”

He added “we only found out in the morning that it was soldiers chasing around four civilians,” he added.

The victims were reportedly four youths who were returning from a restaurant when they encountered the soldiers. No further details were available at the time of reporting.

Sources told media “the two other incidents were reported in Pyigyitagon and Chanmyathazi townships at around the same time.”