More than 4,000 civilians were forced to flee their homes as the Junta Artillery targeted them and damaged at least 4 houses in Thein Zayat, Kyaik Hto Township, Mon State, according to the Karen National Union based in the areas.

On December 3, the Junta Artillery Base No. 310, originally from Thein Zayat, started indiscriminate shelling into Kyauk Phayar and Zee Pyaung villages at night, according to the information confirmed by the KNU.

The heavy artillery fired by the Junta 310 Artillery Forces exploded in Kyauk Phayar village, almost nine were dropped in Zee Pyaung village, and seven of nine mortars exploded in the village, according to the residents who witnessed the incidents. It was confirmed that four houses were destroyed due to the mortar blasts in the village.

The Information Division of KNU in Kyaik Hto township said that if the Junta forces began such kind of ground attacks with indiscriminate heavy weapons, it is likely that there would be more attacks to be launched in the areas.

On the morning of December 3, around 200 forces of the Junta forces entered Pyin Kato Khome village, according to ground reports.

It is also reported that the locals are worried because of the frequent firing of heavy weapons by the Artillery Base No. 310 and the infantry battalion IB No. 207 based in Thein Zayat, Kyaik Hto Township, Mon State.