Administrator and Market Vendor Shot Dead in Taungdwingyi Township

Administrator and a market vendor shot dead in Taungdwingyi Township

November 9

The administrator of Gonnyintan village tract in Taungdwingyi Township, Magway Region, and a man who came to sell goods in Myay Shaung Kone village were shot dead, it is learned.

U Kyaw Thet, the administrator of Gonnyintan village tract in Taungdwingyi Township, was shot dead at his home in Kyan Kyar village at around 7 am on November 7, it is learned.

"U Kyaw Thet was about 56 years old. They shot him inside the house. He had been notorious for a long time. He was probably shot because of collecting conscription fees and collaborating with the military. I don't know which group shot him. He died with half his head blown open," a local resident said.

Similarly, on the same day, a man who came to sell goods by motorcycle in Myay Shaung Kone village, Taungdwingyi town, was also shot dead, it is learned.

"I heard he was killed on the claim that he came to gather information. I don't know the details yet. They say his son is a police officer," a local resident said.

The deceased was U Kyi Htwe, 57, who lived in Shwe Oo (1) ward, it is learned, and he died on the village road with gunshot wounds, it is learned.

Also, on October 28, a police team that went out to pull security posts on the Sat Thwar-Lay Way road section near Sat Thwar village in Taungdwingyi Township was attacked by gunfire, leaving two police officers dead and one injured, it is learned.

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