Junta Navy Shelling Hits Du Nyaung Pin Gyi (Muslim) Village in Maungdaw, Injuring Six Residents

 Naung Min Thu, Narinjara News, 19 October 2024

Two shells exploded in the Muslim village of Du Nyaung Pin Gyi on October 19, at three in the morning, as a result of artillery rounds fired by the junta navy at Kyauk Pan Du Sea in southern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.

Six local Muslim citizens were hurt, and a house was destroyed by the explosives.

“Around three in the morning, four artillery shells were fired by the junta navy today. The sound of gunfire and explosions reached my ears. A house in the village of Du Nyaung Pin Gyi burned down after two shells dropped there. Six Muslims from Maungdaw Town who had fled the fighting were hurt. I am not exactly sure what their names are," a local stated.

Anar Polha Sor, 42, from the Muslim village of Du Nyaung Pin Gyi, Rabia Bawsori, 17, Amad Khorbi, 65, Mamud Enis, 34, and Mamud Ayas, 29, who had taken refuge in Du Nyaung Pin Gyi village, are among the injured.

With about 30 houses, the Muslim village of Du Nyaung Pin Gyi provides refuge to almost 2,000 Muslims who had escaped the fighting in Maungdaw Town. Additionally, locals said that two more artillery shells fired by the junta fleet fell outside Kin Chaung village and close to Kha Yae Myaing, an Arakanese settlement.

“The peasants fled in terror since it was still early in the morning and most people were still asleep. Two shell explosions occurred: one outside Kin Chaung village and one close to Kha Yae Myaing hamlet. Luckily, nobody was hurt," a resident stated.

In another incident, at about 4:00 pm on October 7, the junta troops used a fighter jet to drop four bombs on Kha Yae Myaing hamlet in southern Maungdaw Township, killing two persons on the spot and wounding six others.

Similar to this, on October 16, the junta attacked Aung Mingalar hamlet with airstrikes, wounding three displaced people—including a child—and demolishing two homes and the monastery's ordination hall.

According to accounts from those impacted, Maungdaw Town residents who have been forced to escape due to military government airstrikes and naval shelling are doing so for the second time and are having great difficulty.

Following an attack by AA on the last Junta border police headquarters, Nakhakha 5, which is situated two miles east of Maungdaw's downtown, there is a flurry of combat in Maungdaw.