It is reported that the SAC military killed two people in Kantharya village in Khin U Township, Sagaing Region and burnt the houses, the dead woman’s ears were cut and the earrings were stolen.
Yesterday (October 10), at about 12 p.m. in the afternoon, the SAC military patrolling to Kanthayar village shot and killed 2 people and a person was arrested as a hostage,” said Major Lerai, the leader of the local village guerrilla force.
“There were 4 people who were arrested, two of them were killed, and one of them was taken hostage. One of them was released. They killed a wife and arrested her husband and their house was also burned down, and they were arrested in the forest while fleeing. They cut off the ears of the woman who was killed and took her earrings,” he said.
About 120 strong-columns patrolled in Kanthar village and killed the people, started to patrol to Ye-U township from October 9 and then entered Khin-U Township.
“The dead people were a woman and her cousin’s brother. They were buried on the same day. The dead woman has a 2-year-old child and a 5-year-old child. The mother was killed, the father was arrested, and the house was burned down. They had to be sent to their grandparents,” said a local resident of Kantharyar village.
The SAC military that patrolled Kanthar village was shot with 80 mm and 60 mm heavy weapons in the west of Sawgyi Village by the local village guerrilla force, Township PDF and Local PDF. The casualties of the SAC military have not yet been known.