A civilian traveling by boat in Rakhine state’s Mrauk-U township died Tuesday after he was struck in the head by a bullet near an army supply camp and an area where the military recently clashed with the rebel Arakan Army (AA), RFA reported.

Bo Than Tun, 22, who was traveling with other civilians, including his elder sister, younger brother, and brother-in-law, was shot when the boat passed a government military camp near Tainnyo village, they said. The four family members had left the township's Taung Myint village to go to their farms in Kyarkan village.

No one else from the boat was injured in the shooting.

People travelling by boat in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA