More than 100 homes were destroyed when Myanmar junta forces raided at least three villages in Kyaukpadaung Township, Nyaung-U District, Mandalay Region, and set them ablaze.
According to the Kyaukpadaung Youth Network, a joint column of junta troops and Pyu Saw Htee militia members torched 40 houses in Seittain North village in the Popa area, another 40 houses in Seittain South village, and eight farm huts near Ku Taw village.
In addition to torching homes, junta troops also set fire to onion warehouses and storage sheds containing bean pods.
According to the Kyaukpadaung Youth Network, at around 6:20 am on 4 March, the same column burned five farm huts near Saing Gaung village and fatally shot an internally displaced person (IDP).
Local residents told Mizzima that the Military Commission column first entered Ku Taw Village on 1 March, shelling the area with heavy artillery before setting houses on fire.
“Nearly 30 houses, including my own home, were either burned by the military commission troops or struck by heavy weapons. One unexploded artillery shell remains inside the village, ” said a local resident of Ku Taw Village.
Because of the continued raids and arson attacks carried out by junta forces, villagers have not been able to return home and are still hiding in safer locations.
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