Two Muslims killed and one injured from artillery shell

Two Muslims killed and one injured from artillery shell

An artillery shell landed on a Muslim house in Alae Kyun village, Kyauktaw Township on May 21, it killed two people and injured one.

Chawbi, 38, and his eight years old son Sayrahman, died while another person identified as Mahmat Afan was injured after the shell landed on Tuesday afternoon.

“They said that something landed on the house. It looked like the shell casing of a heavy weapon. They do not know where it came from,” said U Win Hla Tun, administrator of Alae Kyun village.

Bawdi Lar Laung, one of the leaders in the village, said that the bodies were buried in the cemetery and he was not aware about details of the incident.

The DMG also tried to contact to U Kyaw Hla, another household head, to know about the incident, but could not be reached for comment.

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