Kant Kaw Ni Ni, Narinjara News, 18 June2024

A young resident of Taungup town in south Arakan Statewas killed by shrapnel from an airstrike conducted by the junta forces on thenight of 15 June.

The victim is identified as  Aung Hlaing Win(also known as Maung Lone Chey, 15) hailed from Ywar Thit Kay village under Wet Kyaik village-tract.

On the fateful night, the junta soldiers  carriedout airstrikes on the villages surrounding Taungup town and  Aung HlaingWin sustained serious injuries to his abdomen. He was urgently shifted toTaungup hospital, but succumbed to injuries the next morning.

On 15 June, the Arakha Army (AA) launched an offensiveagainst the military camp at Tein Chaung, behind Taungup University during thenight hours.

Next morning, intense fighting broke out between thejunta soldiers and AA fighters near Mee Chaung Htoe village on theTaungup-Ma-Ei road, following which the soldiers conducted a series ofairstrikes over the area.