In the western part of Demoso township Karenni (Kayah) state a 55-year-old woman bled to death from shelling injuries, and a 77-year-old man was injured in the eastern part of Demoso when the Military Council troops fired artillery rounds at around 7:00 PM on December 3rd.

Daw Su Myar, 55, was hit by shrapnel in her right thigh and eventually bled to death when two artillery shells exploded in a war-refugee camp west of Demoso while she was sleeping, her husband said.

The husband explained, “The shrapnel came through the roof of the tent. She told me that her right thigh was broken. I held her hand told her,” nothing bad would happen.” But the bleeding was so profuse that she lost her life”, he explained.

Daw Su Myar was a resident of Dor No Koo village. She worked in the village during the day and slept at the refugee camp at night. There are around 20 displaced people living in tents in the same refugee camp.

In a separate incident, a 77-year-old man suffering from paralysis was hit by shrapnel in his left hand.It was fractured during an artillery barrage in the east of Demoso, according to a witness.

“Around 7:40 PM, an artillery round landed and exploded. It hit the left hand of the old invalid. He suffered from loss of hearing and could not hear the artillery fire. His right hand was paralyzed and he could not move. Now the left hand that could move has been broken by artillery shrapnel”, he said.

Residents said that at least 5 artillery shells fell and exploded in the eastern part of Demoso that night. Also, on January 3rd, two locals were injured by shelling in Dor Mu Kalar village of Loikaw township.