Irrawaddy-Mar 13
Junta troops have expanded their campaign eastwards in Demoso Township, Kayah State by attacking villages with helicopter gunships and kidnapping residents, according to locals. Regime forces launched three airstrikes on Daw Thae village, Daw Kalaw Du village tract at around 5 pm on Saturday, according to residents and the Karenni Military Information Center (KMIC).
Junta columns began raiding eastern Demoso Township last Tuesday with around 200 troops, forcing 5,000 residents to flee. They have also seized and detained at least 11 villagers in the area, said KMIC spokesperson Khun Nyay Reh. The KMIC is the information unit of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and its Karenni Army military wing. Junta troops are now raiding east Demoso villages frequently, terrorizing residents as well as civilians who are seeking shelter after fleeing earlier attacks by troops in the sets of the township.
“Internally displaced people from western villages were taking shelter in the eastern villages, but as the junta’s military columns have arrived in these areas, it is really difficult for them to seek another place to move again,” said a Karenni rescue team member. She said local residents are suffering shortages of water, medicine, and places to stay. Potential for seasonal disease or diseases caused by lack of clean water was a growing concern, she added. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-expands-kayah-terror-campaign-with-troops-gunships-and-kidnap.html
