Soldiers burn 14 houses and kill civilian in Sagaing’s Ai Taung West Village

Soldiers burn 14 houses and kill civilian in Sagaing’s Ai Taung West Village

Junta troops set fire to 14 houses in Ai Taung West Village in Kani Township, Sagaing Region on 20 February, according to a community leader. He said that they also killed. a volunteer at the village monastery.

“They [junta troops] are inhumane. When the head monk told us to run away, 35-year-old Chaw Tun, [who was] volunteering in the monastery, remained in the monastery to look after people. He was stabbed in the neck and kicked down the stairs. I was very sorry to see the blood on the stairs,” said the local community leader.

The junta’s troops started setting fire to the houses in the village at 6 pm on 20 February. Fourteen houses and two pig farms were reduced to ashes. Ai Taung West Village is about 18 miles from Kani Township. Almost all of the villagers have now fled the fighting.

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