Four people including two Muslim children were killed
and at least 10 others were injured in an incident where the Burmese army
personnel launched indiscriminate firing.
The victims include
a
15-year-old girl from Mrauk U township, two 10-year-old Muslim children and an
adult from Buthidaung township.
The army personnel opened fire with small arms in residential areas where Ma Cho Cho (15) from Pafetan village under Bung Dwet ward
of Mrauk U was killed with bullet injuries.
The family members said that a bullet fired by the LIB
(378) battalion hit the girl for two times when she was at home and Cho Cho
died on the spot. Another person was injured in the incident.
Similarly, in Buthidaung locality Muslim children
named Aru Ruller (8) and Abdullah (10) along with Daw Beza (60) hailing
from Warchila hamlet in Kun Dai village-tract were killed. Six others were
injured when the soldiers fired with heavy weapons.
The injured individuals include Sami Yula (38), Jo Haye (28), Muzi Sam (19), Mizan (30), Nuru Zamad etc.
The incident took place at around 5 pm on 27 November,
when the Buthidaung-based LIB 564 and 565 shelled on
several locations. One shell exploded in a vegetable garden near the village
where three victims lost their lives.
"LIB 564 and 565 fired without any provocation. I
heard three gunshots. One fell on the Muslim village. The injured six residents
have been admitted to Buthidaung township hospital," said a family member.
It is observed that the military council army
continues firing with heavy weapons into various residential areas in Rakhine
State with no provocations. Many people have already left their places because
of the tormenting situation.
Lately, in the early morning on 29 November, U Aung
Naing Chet (38) from Pyin Hla village under Kyaukta township was shot by the
junta forces.