The Karen National Union (KNU) Central Committee has officially announced that the terrorist military forces have repeatedly attacked IDP shelters in Nyaunglebin District, Bago Region, using drones and heavy artillery, while also forcibly taking three innocent civilians as porters. On July 10, the military council forces attacked IDP shelters in Laywaingyi village with one artillery shell launched from drones. The following day, on July 11, military forces from Kyauktaga fired three artillery shells at Chwetale village and one shell at the western part of Kholun village using drones. On the same day, soldiers from Infantry Battalion 264 based in Peinzalok fired three 120mm artillery shells at farmlands east of Nwayechaung village.
On July 13, troops from Infantry Battalion 264 continued their attacks using howitzer artillery, firing three times at farmlands near Phayangutoe village, once at farmlands near Ngaphayein village, and twice at Doetan village, totaling six artillery strikes. Additionally, on July 4, two civilians from Einnet village in Letpado Township – 35-year-old Nyi Lin Htun (aka) Kyat Kular and 53-year-old U San Lwin – were arrested by military council forces while traveling to Nyaunglebin for trade goods. Their families have had no contact with them since their arrest.
On July 12, Saw Aung Myint Lay, age 31, from Bopaisan village in Shwegyin Township, was arrested by troops from Infantry Battalion 20 based in Nyaunglebin while shopping at the market. He was detained at the Thatu Bridge checkpoint and has not been released as of now. Meanwhile, in Mandalay Region’s Myingyan Township, the terrorist military forces conducted an aerial attack on a monastery in Phatpinein village using three gyrocopters, according to a representative from the Thaungtha Township People’s Movement Committee.
The aerial attack, which occurred around 4 PM on July 18, caused significant damage to the monastery building. One monk suffered severe injuries, and one civilian sustained non-life-threatening wounds in the attack. These incidents demonstrate the military council’s ongoing campaign of violence against civilians and religious buildings, continuing their pattern of human rights violations and attacks on civilian infrastructure across multiple regions of Myanmar.
