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| Label of Burma Army's Light Infantry Division No. 33 |
Two Burma army soldiers shot and
killed three civilians while they were traveling on the Putao to Myitkyina road
in war torn Kachin state on Monday, according to eye witnesses who claim the
shooting was unprovoked. An additional person who was traveling with the group
was badly injured.
According to an account given by
witnesses the group of four Lisu villagers were driving their motorbikes south
on the Putao to Myitkyina road when they were pulled over some 42 miles outside
of Myitkyina. After stopping the travelers the soldiers took control of the
motorbikes before opening fire on the unarmed men.
Two of the men were killed
immediately and the third scummed to his injuries shortly afterward. The
surviving man has been hospitalized in Myitkyina.
The soldiers who carried out the
attack are believed to have come from Light Infantry Division from No. 33. The
unit has been in the area since early December, local villagers say.
This week also saw Burma troops
shell Laiza, the defacto capital of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO).
Army shelling killed three civilians in Laiza on Monday.
www.kachinnews.com
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