Indiscriminate Shelling
On June 16th 2022, at about 6:00 pm, the combined forces of the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[2] and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[3] attacked and bombed State Administration Council (SAC)[4] Infantry Battalion (IB)[5] #432 using a drone in Seikgyi Town, Noh T'Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. In return, SAC soldiers indiscriminately fired 81 mm (medium mortar shells) at M--- village, Kyat Khat Chaung village tract[6], Noh T’Kaw Township, for three consecutive days [probably as they targeted the drone’s believed location]. On June 16th 2022, the firing of mortars began at 6:00 pm and continued until 1:00 am the next morning. On June 17th 2022, shelling began at 6:00 pm and continued until 11:00 pm. On June 18th 2022, mortar firing began at 8:00 pm and continued until 1:00 am the next morning. Despite firing mortars into the village, none of the villagers' homes were damaged. [Villagers did not flee, but sought protection inside bunkers that they dug beneath their houses.]
Landmine explosion
On September 7th 2022, at about 11:00 am, a herd of cows belonging to U[7] S--- from T--- village, Noh T’Kaw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District, stepped on a landmine that was planted by SAC soldiers near IB #283 camp while the animals were roaming near the camp in T--- village. [Local villagers knew that the landmine was planted by SAC soldiers because the soldiers themselves told them so.] A cow was killed and two others were severely injured by the landmine explosion. The severely injured cows were killed to be sold [by their owner].
Further background reading on the security and human rights situation in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports: