In Hakha, the capital of Chin State, military council troops acting as security forces shot and killed an electrician without inspecting him, residents told BBM.

The deceased has been identified as U
Van Sui Uk Lal, 31, a local resident of Falam township.

U Van Sui UK Lal was shot while returning home on a motorbike after working at the electricity office in the Chin U Zee Ward, in Hakha Township, at around 10:30 am yesterday, February 20.

“They were returning home from the electricity office. Three men were shot by soldiers who were demanding ransom without asking them anything. U Van Sui Uk Lal was hit by a bullet, while the other two were unharmed,” a Hakha resident told BBM.

U Van Sui Uk Lal was shot in the head and died on the spot. He was a worker at the electricity office in Hakha after fleeing the war from Falam township.

The military junta members who were shot were from the 266th Battalion based in Hakha, according to local residents.

“I fled to Hakha because of the fighting in Falam. When I arrived in Hakha, I worked at the electricity office for a long time. It is very sad to be shot and killed without any reason,” a person close to him told BBM.

The shooting of a civilian staff without any reason, even in broad daylight, has caused panic among Hakha residents.

Locals said that the military junta members are stationed in various parts of Hakha for security reasons and often shoot at people walking around.

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Locals said that 4 civilians were injured and several houses were damaged in simultaneous airstrikes by military council in Hakha (the capital city of Chin State) and Falam township.

The military council bombed Zokhua and Cinkhua villages in Hakha township between 1 and 2 am today, February 19, without any fighting.

“They bombed Zokhua village first and then Cinkhua village. In Cinkhua village, 3 civilians were injured and houses were damaged. In Zokhua village, 2 houses were damaged. There was no fighting in the villages that were bombed,” a local resident of Hakha township told BBM.

Similarly, at around 1:30 am today, in Falam township, the military council dropped at least eight bombs on Lumbang village by a Y-12, injuring a woman.

“A woman was seriously injured, there was a lot of damage to houses, but the exact number of damages is not yet known,” a local resident in Falam Township told BBM.

Locals in the villages that were bombed are currently fleeing for safety, fearing further airstrikes by the military council.

The military council has been conducting airstrikes in the middle of the night, targeting villages inhabited by civilians, without any fighting on the ground.

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Three civilians, including a woman, were killed and eight others injured in an airstrike by the military council on Nyaungpingyi Su village in Khin U Township, Sagaing Region, a local told BBM.

A Yak-130 fighter jet from Tada-U based air force dropped three 300-pound bombs on Nyaungpingyi village tract at around 10 p.m. on February 17.

The airstrike hit Basic Education High School in Nyaung Pin Gyi village tract, and the houses in the village and on Ye U-Shwe Bo road were damaged.

“There was normal in the village. There were no celebrations, fighting, or military operations. The bombing targeted a civilian area. They were sleeping so they didn’t have time to run,” a local from Khin U told BBM.

The three civilians killed were Ko Kyaw Myint, Ko Soe Tint and Daw Shwe Kyaing, while the eight injured were Ma Ohnmar, Ko Win Aung, Daw Thaung Htay, Ko Ko Maung, Zin Myo Thu, Aung Zin Lin, Daw Khin Tint and Daw Toke.

In addition, the airstrikes destroyed at least 10 houses and a school building in the village.

On January 5, the airstrikes by military junta on Kone Gyi Village in Khin U Township killed 3 civilians and injured 10 others.

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In Sagaing Region, the military council is conducting recruitment in crowded areas and arresting at least 10 young people a day for military service, locals told BBM.

In Kalay township, the military council has been forcibly arresting young people in cars and motorbikes at crowded places such as intersections, shops, and tea shops.

“They don’t stay to arrest them for long in one place, they only stay for 10 minutes, then they move to another place and arrest them, and they are arresting them like that. Yesterday, about 11 young people were arrested, and, more than 30 young people were arrested on 15th February,” a resident of Kalay told BBM.

The military council is targeting young people between the ages of 18 and 35.

The military council soldiers are temporarily detaining these young people at the Kalay Township Office and then transporting them to other townships by Y-8 aircrafts for military training.

“Previously, young people who were arrested for military service were sent to the training school in Kalay Township for military training, but now they are kept at the office for a week or two, and then sent to other townships for military training by aircrafts,” another resident of Kalay Township told BBM.

The arrests of young people by the military council for military service cause the parents worried that their children will be arrested, and young people are also worried to go out, and some are even moving to other places.

Kalay’s Strike Group also issued an emergency warning on February 14 to parents and young people traveling in Kalay Township to be especially careful and avoid checkpoints and patrol vehicles operated by military council forces.

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