Military junta ship shells two villages in Phaungpyin, one local injured

July 27 Mizzima. Two villages in Phaungpyin Township, Maukmai District, Upper Sagaing Region, were shelled by a military junta ship on July 26, it has been learned. According to an official from the People's Defense Force of Phaungpyin Township, Maukmai District, Zawain Sanpyar village and Lpanntaw village were shelled, and one local resident from Lpanntaw village was injured. "There were no casualties in Zawain Sanpyar village. One house was burned down due to the indiscriminate shelling by the military ship. The fire in the house was extinguished in time by the locals and the defense forces," he said. In addition, it was learned that about five houses and monasteries also suffered minor damage. This shelling occurred after ships that had descended from Homalin arrived in Phaungpyin town yesterday. Lpanntaw village and Zawain Sanpyar village are adjacent to each other. "We have received information that the military vessels will return from Phaungpyin towards Homalin to pick up the remaining ships in Homalin. As of today, they have not yet returned. The locals are still fleeing to safety," said an official from the People's Defense Force of Phaungpyin Township, Maukmai District, this evening. In addition to shelling Zawain Sanpyar village with heavy weapons, the military junta also carried out attacks from the air with Mi-35 helicopters, according to locals. Therefore, revolutionary groups have urged locals in villages along the Chindwin River to temporarily flee to avoid the indiscriminate shelling by the military junta. Currently, the military junta ship is docked in Phaungpyin, and locals from villages along the Chindwin River are fleeing the fighting. Editor: Aung Kyaw Phyo The post Military junta ship shells two villages in Phaungpyin, one local injured appeared first on BUR.MIZZIMA.COM.