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A 70-Year-Old Man Who Avoidedthe Fighting of Namhpatkar in Urgent Need of Medical Assistance

The residents of Namhpatkar have to flee to neaby areas, as heavy fighting erupted between the Terror Military Council and the Kachin Independence Army, in Namhpatkar Village, Kutkai Township, northern Shan State. Among locals seeking refuge from the fighting reached to the Lwetaw field is a 70-year-old grandfather named Tar Sam Thum, who resides in […]

Fighting at Namhpatkar kills 18 locals, injures 8 and damages many houses within a month

Due to the indiscriminate shooting of heavy weaponry and aerial bombardment during the fighting between the Infantry Battalion 123 under the Terror Military Council and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) from December 29, 2023, to today January 25, 2024, innocent 18 civilians were killed, other 8 were injured and many houses were damaged, according to TWO […]

Four people injured due to landmines during Kutkai battle

Four civilians were injured after stepping landmines during the fighting started on December 30, 2023 in Kutkai Township, Muse District, northern Shan State. On January 22, at 10:00 am., U Aik Yee from Manhtang village, Hokyant village tract, was injured seriously after hitting a rope mine under a tree close to a fence near straw […]

ThreePeople, including an Underaged Child, Injured and a Person Killed as a Result of Heavy Weaponry Firing by the Terror Military Council in the Absence of Fighting

Ta’ang Women’s Organization Two children and their parents were injured by bullet fragments while the father died on the spot at midnight on January 18, in Peinpyit Lisu Village, Mogok Township, Mandalay Region, when the Terror Military Council opened heavy fire on heavy weaponry shells without any fighting, resulting in an explosion at a residential […]

A Driver Returning Home by Car Shot Dead by the Terror Military Council

A civilian man driving his Hijet car on the road to Maiyaw Area in Lashio Township,  Lashio District, northern Shan State, in the evening around 7:00 PM on January 16, was shot dead by the Terror Military Council. A local resident from Lashio who knows the incident said, “I think he was on his way […]

Three Villagers Killed in Thonsel Village of Nawnghkio Township Due to the Terror Military Council’s Indiscriminate Firing of Heavy Weapons Without Reason

Three villagers were killed and houses were damaged due to the aerial bombardment of the Terror Military Council on Thonsel Village in Nawnghkio Township, Northern Shan State, around 1:00 PM on January 11th. A resident of Thonsel Village told the Ta’ang Women’s Organization, “This news is true, it happened while I was working in another […]